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单词 mercifully
释义
mercifully
adverb
approving
uk
/ˈmɜː.sɪ.fəl.i/us
/ˈmɝː.sɪ.fəl.i/
in a way that makes yougratefulbecause itstopssomethingunpleasant:
Hissufferingwas mercifullybrief.
Thetombsare among thefinestin thecountry, and mercifullyfreeoftourists.
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  • Hediedlastmonth,aged91, after a mercifullyshortillness.
  • I mercifully don't have toworkforfinancialreasons- I justworkon things that Ibelievein.
  • Mercifully, the country'seconomyis not only undercontrolbutbooming.
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(Definition ofmercifullyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mercifully| American Dictionary

mercifully
adverb
us
/ˈmɜr·sɪ·fli,-fə·li/
luckily:
Hisspeechwas mercifullybrief.
(Definition ofmercifullyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmercifully

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Perhapsmercifullyneither are there fingernails to provide false comfort.
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Mercifully, this idea was abandoned after the overture.
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We are glad to say that though terribly severe while it lasted, its duration wasmercifullyshort.
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Mercifully, the 'age of uncertainty' has provided some possibilities for healing.
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On the whole, this is a lucid, tightly argued volume,mercifullyfree of needless jargon.
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The eye of a working architect keeps the bookmercifullyfree of the constructionally ignorant theorizing that now characterizes much current architectural writing.
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Mercifully, all is not doom and gloom.
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Mercifully, we do not suffer from some of the problems and tensions that have been seen in other parts of the country.
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Terrible though that is, to keep the matter in proportion we must bear in mind that primary outbreaks in this country aremercifullyrare.
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There is no form of more dangerous combat activity and,mercifully, it is unlikely to happen in this country.
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Since,mercifully, the proportion of these unhappy children to the whole population is small, a small authority will not have many of them.
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Mercifullythere are at last signs that employers are beginning to face the demographic facts of life.
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I assume that their staff will not be allowed in because,mercifully, the motion does not cover them.
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I am assured that there are cases—mercifullyfew—in which withdrawal from a family is beneficial for a child.
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Mercifully, the current regime could allow for this period of transition.
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