mercies

英 [ˈmɜːsiz]

美 [ˈmɜrsiz]

n.  仁慈; 宽恕; 幸运; 恩惠
mercy的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 仁慈;怜悯;宽恕
  If someone in authority showsmercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish.
  1. Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy...
     双方都没有抓俘虏，也没有表现出丝毫的心慈手软。
  2. They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter...
     他们哭喊着请求宽恕，可是他们的恳求却遭到了谩骂和嘲笑。
  3. May God have mercy on your soul.
     愿上帝宽恕你的灵魂。
• ADJ 慈善的;救援的
  Mercyis used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war.
  1. She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa...
     9个月前她在去西非的慈善之旅中消失了。
  2. It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
     美国人一直在等人坐满一架747飞机，这便是第一次为期两周的所谓慈善飞行。
• N-COUNT 幸运;侥幸
  If you refer to an event or situation asa mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant happening.
  1. It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end...
     他最后去得那么快，真是谢天谢地。
  2. The two cars finished up in a run-off area, clear of the circuit, and that was a mercy.
     两辆车最后都停在了缓冲区，避开了赛车道，真是万幸。
• PHRASE 完全由…支配;任由…摆布
  If one person or thing isat the mercy ofanother, the first person or thing is in a situation where they cannot prevent themselves being harmed or affected by the second.
  1. Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather...
     建筑物因人为的肆意破坏及日晒雨淋而日益破败。
  2. The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.
     皇帝必须意识到我们任由他处置。
• PHRASE 为坏情况没有变得更糟而庆幸
  If you tell someone who is in an unpleasant situation that they should begratefulorthankful for small mercies, you mean that although their situation is bad, it could be even worse, and so they should be happy.
  1. But so low has morale sunk that the team and the fans would have been grateful for small mercies.
     士气如此低沉，一丁点的好运都会让队员和球迷庆幸不已。
• PHRASE 听凭…发落
  If youthrowyourselfonsomeone'smercy, you put yourself in a situation where they will have complete power to decide how to treat you, for example whether to punish or forgive you.
  1. He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.
     他准备听凭法庭发落。

双语例句

• I could heart her mother shouting and swearing as she came to unlock the door, so I said good-bye quickly and left her to the tender mercies of her parents.
  她母亲出来开门时，我听到她的叫骂声，于是我赶忙说了声再见离开了，留下她任其父母打骂了。
• Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me?
  求你从天上垂顾，从你圣洁荣耀的居所观看。你的热心和大能的作为在那里呢。
• But, now I believe that the mark of the Red Cross is fatal to them, and that they have no part in his mercies.
  但是现在，我却相信那血十字已决定了他们的命运，上帝的怜悯已全没有他们的份。
• For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
  我离弃你不过片时，却要施大恩将你收回。
• We will set him above their mercies very soon.
  我们很快就可以使他不受他们摆布了。
• The slave trader accepted the money and gave the young girl over to the tender mercies of her new sadistic master.
  奴隶贩子拿了钱，将这个小姑娘交给了一个新的主人，一个残酷无情的施虐狂。
• Blessed be God for the mercies He continually sends me!
  感谢上帝不断赐予我恩惠！
• Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
  耶和华阿，求你记念你的怜悯和慈爱。
• I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
  （以斯拉人以探的训诲诗）我要歌唱耶和华的慈爱，直到永远。我要用口将你的信实传与万代。
• We must be thankful for small mercies.
  对小小的恩惠，我们也应当感恩。