mercy

US [ˈmɜrsi]
UK [ˈmɜː(r)si]
  • n.宽恕；仁慈；幸运；恩惠
  • Web怜悯；慈悲；激情猎物
Plural Form：mercies  

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Mercy
n.
1.
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仁慈；宽恕a kind or forgiving attitude towards sb that you have the power to harm or right to punish
to ask/beg/plead for mercy
请求╱乞求╱祈求宽恕
They showed no mercy to their hostages.
他们对人质丝毫不讲仁慈。
God have mercy on us.
上帝怜悯我们吧。
The troops are on a mercy mission(= a journey to help people) in the war zone.
部队出发救助战地民众。
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幸运；恩惠an event or a situation to be grateful for, usually because it stops sth unpleasant
It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.
幸运的是她伤势不重。

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This means that your self-esteem is always at the mercy of others, with no appreciation of you as an individual.
而这意味着你的自尊总是受他人支配，和是否欣赏你这个人并无关系。
ér zhè yì wèi zhe nǐ de zì zūn zǒng shì shòu tā rén zhī pèi , hé shì fǒu xīn shǎng nǐ zhè gè rén bìng wú guān xì 。
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Previously, this was a time-consuming process in which the applicant was at the mercy of government decision makers.
以前，这是一个非常耗时的过程，申请人完全受制于政府决策者。
yǐ qián , zhè shì yī gè fēi cháng hào shí de guò chéng , shēn qǐng rén wán quán shòu zhì yú zhèng fǔ jué cè zhě 。
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Mercy in an individual is a wonderful thing, but mercy on the part of a government actor can be a very dangerous thing.
对一个政府的部分演员怜悯可以是一个非常危险的事情。
duì yī gè zhèng fǔ de bù fen yǎn yuán lián mǐn kě yǐ shì yī gè fēi cháng wēi xiǎn de shì qíng 。
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4.
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
你们从前算不得子民，现在却作了神的子民。从前未曾蒙怜恤，现在却蒙了怜恤。
nǐ men cóng qián suàn bù dé zǐ mín , xiàn zài què zuò le shén de zǐ mín 。 cóng qián wèi céng méng lián xù , xiàn zài què méng le lián xù 。
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She struggled, she began to cry out for mercy, but I held her fast, forcing back her head and staring down into her face.
她想挣开，开始哭着求饶，可是我紧紧掐着她，把她的头往后扳，盯着她的脸看。
tā xiǎng zhèng kāi , kāi shǐ kū zhe qiú ráo , kě shì wǒ jǐn jǐn qiā zhe tā , bǎ tā de tóu wǎng hòu bān , dīng zhe tā de liǎn kàn 。
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He just do not want people to see him look embarrassed, he did not want pity, he would rather see is ridiculed nor mercy.
他只是不愿人看到他狼狈的样子，他不想要怜悯，他宁可看见的是嘲笑而不是怜悯。
tā zhǐ shì bú yuàn rén kàn dào tā láng bèi de yàng zǐ , tā bù xiǎng yào lián mǐn , tā nìng kě kàn jiàn de shì cháo xiào ér bú shì lián mǐn 。
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My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
我要为他存留我的慈爱，直到永远。我与他立的约，必要坚定。
wǒ yào wèi tā cún liú wǒ de cí ài , zhí dào yǒng yuǎn 。 wǒ yǔ tā lì de yuē , bì yào jiān dìng 。
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And what an honor to carry the light of Christ's mercy into the dark heart of another's struggle.
而且为能将光明带到其他正在挣扎的人的心中而感到荣幸。
ér qiě wèi néng jiāng guāng míng dài dào qí tā zhèng zài zhēng zhá de rén de xīn zhōng ér gǎn dào róng xìng 。
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Later, under the mercy of her mother married a non-loving girl, barely over two years, gave birth to a daughter, the two divorced.
后来，在母亲的淫威下娶了一个不爱的女孩，勉强过了两年，生下一个女儿后，两人离异。
hòu lái , zài mǔ qīn de yín wēi xià qǔ le yī gè bù ài de nǚ hái , miǎn qiǎng guò le liǎng nián , shēng xià yī gè nǚ ér hòu , liǎng rén lí yì 。
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The little bird was an angel, and that was the way that the Almighty was pleased in His mercy to take to Himself the soul of that holy man.
小鸟是一个天使，而那是全能的上主在他的慈爱高兴地与自己的那圣洁的人的灵魂的方式。
xiǎo niǎo shì yī gè tiān shǐ , ér nà shì quán néng de shàng zhǔ zài tā de cí ài gāo xìng de yǔ zì jǐ de nà shèng jié de rén de líng hún de fāng shì 。
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