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单词 consolation
释义
consolation
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌkɒn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
something that makes someone who issadordisappointedfeelbetter:
安慰；慰藉；给人带来安慰的事物
If it's (of) anyconsolation (toyou), you're not the only one he wasnastyto.他不仅仅对你一个人粗鲁，这也许能让你略感安慰。
I didn'tknowwhat to say - I justoffereda fewwords ofconsolation.我不知说什么好——只是安慰了几句。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Reassuring
  • be/take a weight offyourmindidiom
  • blandishments
  • calm (someone) down
  • comforting
  • comfortingly
  • console
  • consoling
  • consolingly
  • convince
  • get (something) through (tosomeone)
  • hearten
  • lift
  • lighten
  • mind
  • no news is good newsidiom
  • reassurance
  • reassuring
  • theyshould worry!idiom
  • weight
  • you do youidiom
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consolatory
(Definition ofconsolationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

consolation| American Dictionary

consolation
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌkɑn·sə'leɪ·ʃən/
something that givescomfortto someone who issadordisappointed:
[C]Themainconsolation for me was that I wouldn’t have toleaveBoston.
(Definition ofconsolationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconsolation

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Questions of interpretation, and ultimately evaluation, of the texts of death found in poetry,consolationliterature, letters, and novels, form the focus of this study.
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The orientation of the subject in that way of life is such that aconsolationis what religion sees as worthwhile.
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But the losing party has no suchconsolation.
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This may be granted, but the intentionalist will derive noconsolation.
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They do not seek protection andconsolationfrom adults, but they may be resigned and passively agree to everything that is asked of them.
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Consolationis not some separable end, something to be bolted on as a consequence of living religiously.
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One may only be indulging in rhetoric, the falseconsolationof empty words that elevate.
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Theirconsolationwas not that of innate lawfulness or necessity in history.
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Against the subversive function of memory, one must counterpose itsconsolation.
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Theconsolationof memoirs, however, does not lie in their romance; theirs is not the happy ending.
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It often demands painful sacrifices and is far from being a soothingconsolation.
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For the memorialist, memory is consoling, and he uses itsconsolationfor himself as a tool in the subversion of the memory of others.
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Comparative evidence of cognitive empathy per se focuses on apes, using extensive data onconsolationbehavior.
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It is aconsolationcategory for those who "look like nothing," for those who do not look like athletes.
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There is, however, some measure ofconsolationin the fact that there also exists a creative moment in the process of rewriting the self.
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