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

• 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。
• Take not away your gentle mercies from me, o lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.
  耶和华阿，求你不要向我止住你的慈悲。愿你的慈爱和诚实，常常保佑我。
• Those hearts are hard indeed, that will neither be melted by the mercies of the Lord, nor broken by his judgments.
  这些心实在是石心，他们将不会被上帝的怜悯所融化，也不会因他的审判而破碎。
• 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。
• For the mercies he's shown us at this dreadful time.
  苦难时刻展现给我们的仁慈。
• We must be thankful for small mercies.
  对小小的恩惠，我们也应当感恩。
• Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
  我们的祖宗在埃及不明白你的奇事，不记念你丰盛的慈爱，反倒在红海行了悖逆。
• That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
  要他们祈求天上的神施怜悯，将这奥秘的事指明，免得但以理和他的同伴与巴比伦其馀的哲士一同灭亡。
• Three, you can degrade the political will of the US to the point that it will not only withdraw, but also abandon its allies to the mercies of their opponents.
  第三，你可以把美国的政治意图降低到这样的程度：它不仅愿意撤退，而且还愿意抛弃自己的盟友，把他们交给自己的对手任意处置。
• Well, at least you weren't hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies.
  嗨，至少你没伤着。我想这就该让我们知足了。