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mercy n.仁慈；怜悯；恩惠；宽恕 (1) 对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。(2) 他们不给敌人半点仁慈。(3) 他们从不向我们乞求怜悯。(4) 司令官对战俘十分怜悯。(5) 囚犯恳求国王开恩。(6) 囚犯恳求法官开恩。(7) 这个国王没有宽容之心，杀死了所有的犯人。 This is a quality that has to do with compassion, forgiveness, and leniency. If convicted of a crime, you might plead for the judge's mercy, meaning a lesser punishment. When people say "May God have mercy on me!" they're asking for forgiveness. Mercy may be given or received. You might show your little cousin mercy by not forcing him to eat a worm. People jokingly say a bad singer is showing mercy if she ends the show early.

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英 ['mɜːsi] 美 ['mɜːrsi] (1) Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.(2) They showed their enemies no mercy.(3) They never appealed to us for mercy.(4) The commander showed mercy to the prisoners of war.(5) The prisoner implored the king for mercy.(6) The prisoner appealed to the judge for mercy.(7) The king showed no mercy and killed all the prisoners. Compassion leads you to have mercy, which is like forgiveness. If you have mercy on someone, you let them off the hook or are kind to them somehow. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]仁慈；怜悯；宽恕 If someone in  authority shows mercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish. 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。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。May God have mercy on your soul.愿上帝宽恕你的灵魂。2[ADJ 形容词]慈善的；救援的 Mercy is used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war.   [ADJ n]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]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。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。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]幸运；侥幸 If you refer to an event or situation as a mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant happening.   [usu a N]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。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。4[PHRASE 短语]完全由…支配；任由…摆布 If one person or thing is at the mercy of another, the first person or thing is in a situation where they cannot prevent themselves being harmed or affected by the second.   [with poss]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。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。5[PHRASE 短语]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 be grateful or thankful for small mercies, you mean that although their situation is bad, it could be even worse, and so they should be happy.   [usu v-link PHR]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。6[PHRASE 短语]听凭…发落 If you throw yourself on someone's mercy, 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.   [V inflects]He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.他准备听凭法庭发落。

英语单词	mercy
英美音标	英 ['mɜːsi] 美 ['mɜːrsi]
中文释义	n.仁慈；怜悯；恩惠；宽恕
英语例句	(1) Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people. (2) They showed their enemies no mercy. (3) They never appealed to us for mercy. (4) The commander showed mercy to the prisoners of war. (5) The prisoner implored the king for mercy. (6) The prisoner appealed to the judge for mercy. (7) The king showed no mercy and killed all the prisoners.
中文例句	(1) 对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。 (2) 他们不给敌人半点仁慈。 (3) 他们从不向我们乞求怜悯。 (4) 司令官对战俘十分怜悯。 (5) 囚犯恳求国王开恩。 (6) 囚犯恳求法官开恩。 (7) 这个国王没有宽容之心，杀死了所有的犯人。
vocabulary简明	Compassion leads you to have mercy, which is like forgiveness. If you have mercy on someone, you let them off the hook or are kind to them somehow.
vocabulary扩展	This is a quality that has to do with compassion, forgiveness, and leniency. If convicted of a crime, you might plead for the judge's mercy, meaning a lesser punishment. When people say "May God have mercy on me!" they're asking for forgiveness. Mercy may be given or received. You might show your little cousin mercy by not forcing him to eat a worm. People jokingly say a bad singer is showing mercy if she ends the show early.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]仁慈；怜悯；宽恕 If someone in authority shows mercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish. 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。 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。 May God have mercy on your soul. 愿上帝宽恕你的灵魂。 2 [ADJ 形容词]慈善的；救援的 Mercy is used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war. [ADJ n] [JOURNALISM 新闻] 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。 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]幸运；侥幸 If you refer to an event or situation as a mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant happening. [usu a N] 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。 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。 4 [PHRASE 短语]完全由…支配；任由…摆布 If one person or thing is at the mercy of another, the first person or thing is in a situation where they cannot prevent themselves being harmed or affected by the second. [with poss] 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。 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。 5 [PHRASE 短语]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 be grateful or thankful for small mercies, you mean that although their situation is bad, it could be even worse, and so they should be happy. [usu v-link PHR] 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。 6 [PHRASE 短语]听凭…发落 If you throw yourself on someone's mercy, 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. [V inflects] He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court. 他准备听凭法庭发落。

Mercy Situation Showed People Phrase 短语 Enemies Appealed