consolation

US [ˌkɑnsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n]
UK [ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n]
  • n.安慰；使感到安慰的人（或物）；慰藉
  • Web慰问；安慰曲；起安慰作用的人或事物
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Consolation
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使感到安慰的人（或物）；安慰；慰藉a thing or person that makes you feel better when you are unhappy or disappointed
a few words of consolation
几句安慰的话
If it's any consolation, she didn't get the job, either.
不知道这算不算得上安慰，她也没有得到那份工作。
The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.
他妻子去世后，几个孩子就是他极大的安慰。

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It will not be much consolation for Shell that rivals, too, have their share of problems trying to do business in Iraq.
尽管其竞争对手在伊拉克的商业尝试同样被种种问题困扰，但这不会给壳牌带来多大慰籍。
jǐn guǎn qí jìng zhēng duì shǒu zài yī lā kè de shāng yè cháng shì tóng yàng bèi zhǒng zhǒng wèn tí kùn rǎo , dàn zhè bú huì gěi qiào pái dài lái duō dà wèi jí 。
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It was no consolation to Miss Elizabeth that she was losing weight.
体重正在减轻对伊丽莎白小姐而言并非是一种安慰。
tǐ zhòng zhèng zài jiǎn qīng duì yī lì shā bái xiǎo jiě ér yán bìng fēi shì yī zhǒng ān wèi 。
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I lived here for a while and learned how beauty is the consolation of every past empire.
我在这里居住了些时日，并了解到每个昔日帝国能带给你多么美丽的安慰。
wǒ zài zhè lǐ jū zhù le xiē shí rì , bìng liǎo jiě dào měi gè xī rì dì guó néng dài gěi nǐ duō me měi lì de ān wèi 。
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As a longtime journalist, I feel some consolation to see the connections between the reporters they were and the writers they became.
做了很长时间记者，能看到他们曾经作为记者和后来成为作家之间的联系，我觉得很安慰。
zuò le hěn cháng shí jiān jì zhě , néng kàn dào tā men céng jīng zuò wéi jì zhě hé hòu lái chéng wéi zuò jiā zhī jiān de lián xì , wǒ jué de hěn ān wèi 。
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If there was any consolation, it was that the glacial pace of nature would give us decades or even centuries to sort out the problem.
如果能有解决办法的话，那就是自然的缓慢速度给我们几十年甚至是几百年去解决这个问题。
rú guǒ néng yǒu jiě jué bàn fǎ de huà , nà jiù shì zì rán de huǎn màn sù dù gěi wǒ men jǐ shí nián shèn zhì shì jǐ bǎi nián qù jiě jué zhè ge wèn tí 。
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I was trying to say to John then that it is a game of football. It does not sound much consolation at the minute.
我试着告诉特里这只是一场比赛，但在目前的情况下，我的安慰似乎不怎么管用。
wǒ shì zhe gào su tè lǐ zhè zhǐ shì yī chǎng bǐ sài , dàn zài mù qián de qíng kuàng xià , wǒ de ān wèi sì hū bù zěn me guǎn yòng 。
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Their consolation, if you'd listen to, is no more than such that it's not your fault and things would have been worse if it had been them.
听他们安慰无非就是听他们说，这不是你的错，如果当时是他们的话，也许会做得更糟。
tīng tā men ān wèi wú fēi jiù shì tīng tā men shuō , zhè bú shì nǐ de cuò , rú guǒ dāng shí shì tā men de huà , yě xǔ huì zuò de gèng zāo 。
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The little consolation I can find is that, at the end of her life, I was able to spend time with her again.
唯一让我感到安慰的是，我陪她走完了人生的最后旅程。
wéi yī ràng wǒ gǎn dào ān wèi de shì , wǒ péi tā zǒu wán le rén shēng de zuì hòu lǚ chéng 。
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It has given me great consolation and delight to see such a vivacious younger generation.
看到这样朝气的青年一代，我都感到很安慰很高兴。
kàn dào zhè yàng zhāo qì de qīng nián yí dài , wǒ dōu gǎn dào hěn ān wèi hěn gāo xìng 。
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Mm, not so much. Hey, if it's any consolation, You happen to be the illegitimate half brother Of the guy we do care about.
恩，不是这样。噢，如果对你有所安慰的话，你的确是我们所关心的家伙的，同父异母的兄弟。
ēn , bú shì zhè yàng 。 ō , rú guǒ duì nǐ yǒu suǒ ān wèi de huà , nǐ dí què shì wǒ men suǒ guān xīn de jiā huo de , tóng fù yì mǔ de xiōng dì 。
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