COMFORT/MAKE somebody FEEL BETTERsomething that makes you feel better when you are sad or disappointed 安慰;起安慰作用的人[物]
consolation for/to
The only consolation for the team is that they get a chance to play the game again.
该队唯一的安慰是他们有机会再赛一场。
If it’s any consolation, things do get easier as the child gets older.
聊可安慰的是,随着这孩子慢慢长大,境况也好起来了。
He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better.
他知道自己已经尽了最大努力,心中便有了安慰。
be little/no consolation
The fact that there has been a reduction in crime is little consolation to victims of crime.
犯罪率下降对于受害者来说也起不了多少安慰作用。
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consolation• Nothing like a consolation for a dreary, draftymeal.• My one consolation is that she died peacefully.• The only consolation was a crowd at the Harvey Hadden Stadium of 2,581, boosted by visiting fans.• The only consolation, I think she was killed instantly.• Perhaps if I tried to offer him physicalconsolation for his imminentloss of Carlo?• The only slightconsolation is the plan to develop the site once the works are completed.• It was difficult to say goodbye, but I took some consolation from the fact that I would see her again at the end of the year.• It was some consolation to know that he could take the exam again.• Students soughtconsolation from school counselors.• I argued, I fought, but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible; it gave him some strangeconsolation.• They had to settle for three consolation points, leaving them second three points below Gresford.
be little/no consolation• In evolutionaryterms, it is no consolation to the deadbutterflies that some others are benefiting from their death.• It is no consolation to say that it will pass.• They will mature into nearbeauty but this is no consolation at present.• If strong women characters do appear in Hollywood film, this is no consolation for feminists.• The fact that I can write this is little consolation, he wrote.• But that will be no consolation to the kids who won't have that choice.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONSOLATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great莫大的安慰▸➤small小小的安慰VERB + CONSOLATION➤have有欣慰之事◇She had the consolation of coming second in her last race of the day.使她感到慰藉的是,她在那天參加的最後一項賽跑比賽中獲得了第二名。➤seek尋求安慰◇She tends to seek consolation in food.她常在食物中尋求安慰。➤draw, find, take獲取安慰;找到安慰◇He drew little consolation from this fact.這個事實沒有給他帶來什麼安慰。◇When her mother died, she found consolation in her religious beliefs.她母親去世後,她在宗教信仰中找到了安慰。◇Although we lost the game, we took some consolation from the fact that we played well.儘管輸了比賽,但我們表現還不錯,這讓我們得到一些安慰。➤bring (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)給予(某人)安慰;(給某人)帶來安慰◇The next game will probably offer them the consolation of winning.下一場比賽很可能會給他們帶來獲勝的安慰。PREPOSITION➤consolation for對⋯的安慰▸➤consolation to對⋯的安慰◇The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那時孩子們成了我莫大的安慰。PHRASES➤be (of) little consolation to sb, be (of) small consolation to sb, be (of) some consolation to sb對某人沒有什麼/有一點兒/有一些安慰作用◇This news was of little consolation to us.這個消息對我們來說沒有什麼安慰作用。➤if it is any consolation (to sb)如果這(對某人)有任何安慰作用的話◇If it's any consolation to you, the weather here is also awful.這裏的天氣也很糟,不知這是不是對你來說算點兒安慰。➤sb's one consolation, sb's only consolation某人的一個/某人的唯一安慰◇When she lost her job, her only consolation was that she had some savings in the bank.她失去工作後,唯一的安慰就是銀行裏還有些積蓄。