comforting

英 [ˈkʌmfətɪŋ]

美 [ˈkʌmfərtɪŋ]

adj.  令人安慰的
v.  安慰; 抚慰; 宽慰
comfort的现在分词

现在分词：comforting　

Collins.1 / BNC.9880 / COCA.7742

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人安慰的
  making you feel calmer and less worried or unhappy
  1. her comforting words
     她说的那些令人安慰的话
  2. It's comforting to know that you'll be there.
     知道你要去那里令人感到欣慰。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 安慰的;令人欣慰的
  If you say that something iscomforting, you mean it makes you feel less worried or unhappy.
  1. My mother had just died and I found the book very comforting...
     我母亲刚去世，我从这本书中获取了不少慰藉。
  2. In the midst of his feelings of impotence, a comforting thought arrived.
     正在他觉得很无奈的时候，一个令人欣慰的想法冒了出来。

英英释义

adj

• affording comfort or solace
  Synonym:consolatoryconsoling
• providing freedom from worry
  Synonym:cheeringsatisfying

双语例句

• It was a comforting gesture, and it eased the pain a little.
  这是安抚的手势，它减轻了一点痛楚。
• This is not comforting.
  这不会让人感到舒适。
• You find it more comforting to believe that this is it?
  你觉得让自己安慰一些而相信这一切？
• Venting their feelings out loud will make the comforting process easier.
  让他们将感觉大声地发泄出来会使安慰过程更容易。
• Your comforting words helped to sustain me in my faith during those dark days.
  你那些宽慰的话在那段黑暗的日子里帮助我坚定了信念。
• I think people my age find that comforting.
  我认为我这个年龄的人会觉得这令人感到安慰。
• Love is comforting someone.
  爱是和他一起安慰别人。
• But I've had it ever since I was a baby, and I find it very comforting.
  但是从我是个婴儿的时候起我就有这条手帕了，并且我发现这样非常舒服。
• Don't let me say comforting things to myself.
  别让我再自我安慰了。
• His comforting words almost reduced his wife to tears.
  他安慰的话语让他的妻子几乎掉下了眼泪。