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

• Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
  （大卫与拔示巴同室以候，先知拿单来见他。他作这诗，交与伶长）神阿，求你按你的慈爱怜恤我，按你丰盛的慈悲涂抹我的过犯。
• 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。
• Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
  耶和华阿，求你记念你的怜悯和慈爱。
• Is it supposed to leave Afghanistan to the not-so-tender mercies of the Taliban and Pakistani intelligence?
  难道将阿富汗留给毫无怜悯之心的塔利班和巴基斯坦情报机构？
• 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。
• I could heart her mother shouting and swearing as she came to unlock the door, so I said good-bye quickly and left her to the tender mercies of her parents.
  她母亲出来开门时，我听到她的叫骂声，于是我赶忙说了声再见离开了，留下她任其父母打骂了。
• I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of god, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto god, which is your reasonable service.
  所以弟兄们，我以神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当作活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的。你们如此事奉，乃是理所当然的。
• 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。
• And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
  大卫对迦得说，我甚为难。我愿落在耶和华的手里，因为他有丰盛的怜悯。
• 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。