mercy
- n. 仁慈，寬容；憐憫；幸運(yùn)；善行
- n. (Mercy)人名；(英)默西，默茜(女名)；(法)梅西
詞態(tài)變化
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中文詞源
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)merci,禮物，獎(jiǎng)品，友善，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)merx,商品，物品，詞源同market,merchant.原指神對(duì)幫助弱者的人給予的禮物或獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，本質(zhì)上即通過(guò)交換或貿(mào)易來(lái)鼓勵(lì)人們行善，后用于指上帝原諒其子民的冒犯和無(wú)知，并由此引申詞義仁慈，憐憫。
英英釋意
- 1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;
- "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
- 2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving;
- "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
- 3. the feeling that motivates compassion
- 4. something for which to be thankful;
- "it was a mercy we got out alive"
- 5. alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed;
- "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
英文詞源
- mercy
- mercy: [12] Latin mercēs meant ‘payment, reward’. In the Christian era the notion of a ‘reward’ was taken up and reapplied metaphorically to the ‘compassion given freely by God to humankind’, and the word passed into Old French (in the form merci) with the broader sense ‘compassion’, and hence ‘forbearance from punishment’. English took it over and has continued to use it in much the same way, but its main role in modern French is as the word for ‘thank you’.
- mercy (n.)
- late 12c., "God's forgiveness of his creatures' offenses," from Old French mercit, merci (9c.) "reward, gift; kindness, grace, pity," from Latin mercedem (nominative merces) "reward, wages, pay hire" (in Vulgar Latin "favor, pity"), from merx (genitive mercis) "wares, merchandise" (see market (n.)). In Church Latin (6c.) applied to the heavenly reward of those who show kindness to the helpless.
Meaning "disposition to forgive or show compassion" is attested from early 13c. As an interjection, attested from mid-13c. In French largely superseded by miséricorde except as a word of thanks. Seat of mercy "golden covering of the Ark of the Covenant" (1530) is Tyndale's loan-translation of Luther's gnadenstuhl, an inexact rendering of Hebrew kapporeth, literally "propitiatory."
同義詞辨析
pity, mercy, sympathy, compassion
這些名詞均有"同情，憐憫"之意。
pity： 指對(duì)弱者、不幸者所表示的憐惜之情。
mercy： 側(cè)重指對(duì)應(yīng)受懲罰或地位卑下者的慈悲或憐憫。
sympathy： 普通常用詞，含義廣。指志趣、看法上的一致，也指感情相投，帶有深深的惻隱之心的親切之情。
compassion： 較正式較莊重用詞，指對(duì)同等人的同情與理解，常含急切愿意幫忙的意味。
考試真題
- In The Prince, he championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness, rather than virtue, mercy and justice, as the skills of successful leaders.
2012年考研真題（英語(yǔ)二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
詞組搭配
be thankful (或 grateful) for small mercies
be relieved that an unpleasant situation is alleviated by minor advantages
慶幸不利情況已略有改善
have mercy on (或 upon)
show compassion or forgiveness to
寬?。粚?duì)…有憐憫之心
may the Lord have mercy on her soul.
愿主寬恕她的靈魂。
leave someone/thing to the mercy of
expose someone or something to a situation of probable danger or harm
聽任…由（可能有危險(xiǎn)或危害的形勢(shì)）擺布
the forest is left to the mercy of the loggers.
森林任憑伐木工隨意砍伐。
throw oneself on someone's mercy
intentionally place oneself in someone's hands in the expectation that they will behave mercifully towards one
特意懇求（某人）寬恕
at the mercy of
Without any protection against; helpless before
任由…擺布；在…面前無(wú)助
drifting in an open boat, at the mercy of the elements.
在一敞篷船中漂泊，任由暴風(fēng)雨擺布
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- to ask/beg/plead for mercy
- 請(qǐng)求 / 乞求 / 祈求寬恕
牛津詞典
- They showed no mercy to their hostages.
- 他們對(duì)人質(zhì)絲毫不講仁慈。
牛津詞典
- God have mercy on us.
- 上帝憐憫我們吧。
牛津詞典
- The troops are on a mercy mission (= a journey to help people) in the war zone.
- 部隊(duì)出發(fā)救助戰(zhàn)區(qū)民眾。
牛津詞典
- It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.
- 幸運(yùn)的是她傷勢(shì)不重。
牛津詞典
- I'm not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank.
- 我不想任由銀行擺布。
牛津詞典
- We were at the mercy of the weather.
- 我們受制于天氣。
牛津詞典
- Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy...
- 雙方都沒(méi)有抓俘虜，也沒(méi)有表現(xiàn)出絲毫的心慈手軟。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter...
- 他們哭喊著請(qǐng)求寬恕，可是他們的懇求卻遭到了謾罵和嘲笑。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa...
- 9個(gè)月前她在去西非的慈善之旅中消失了。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- 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.
- 美國(guó)人一直在等人坐滿一架747飛機(jī)，這便是第一次為期兩周的所謂慈善飛行。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end...
- 他最后去得那么快，真是謝天謝地。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The two cars finished up in a run-off area, clear of the circuit, and that was a mercy.
- 兩輛車最后都停在了緩沖區(qū)，避開了賽車道，真是萬(wàn)幸。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather...
- 建筑物因人為的肆意破壞及日曬雨淋而日益破敗。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.
- 皇帝必須意識(shí)到我們?nèi)斡伤幹谩?/dd>
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- But so low has morale sunk that the team and the fans would have been grateful for small mercies.
- 士氣如此低沉，一丁點(diǎn)的好運(yùn)都會(huì)讓隊(duì)員和球迷慶幸不已。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.
- 他準(zhǔn)備聽?wèi){法庭發(fā)落。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- I will show no mercy to [ on ] him.
- 我決不對(duì)他 行善.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Please use the overpass to cross the street.
- 過(guò)馬路請(qǐng)走天橋.
期刊摘選
- The murderer's entreaties for mercy availed to nothing.
- 無(wú)人理會(huì)殺人犯的求饒.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- That is a mercy!
- 那真是幸運(yùn)!
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- She went down on her knees, pleading for mercy.
- 她雙膝跪下, 乞求諒解.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.
- 對(duì)敵人的仁慈就意味著對(duì)人民的殘忍.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- We do pray you to show mercy.
- 我們懇求你發(fā)發(fā)慈悲.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- It's a mercy the accident happened so close to the hospital.
- 幸虧車禍發(fā)生在離醫(yī)院很近的地方.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- We try to strike a balance between justice and mercy.
- 我們?cè)O(shè)法做到寬嚴(yán)并濟(jì),恩威兼施.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》