consolation

noun

1. 使感到安慰的人（或事）；安慰；慰藉
   a person or thing that makes you feel better when you are unhappy or disappointed
   1. a few words of consolation
      几句安慰的话
   2. If it's any consolation, she didn't get the job, either.
      不知道这算不算得上安慰，她也没有得到那份工作。
   3. The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.
      他妻子去世后，几个孩子就是他极大的安慰。

The verb is pronounced /kən'səʊl/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒnsəʊl/. 动词读作 /kən'səʊl/，名词读作 /'kɒnsəʊl/。


1. VERB 安慰;慰藉;安抚
   If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
   1. 'Never mind, Ned,' he consoled me...
      “没关系，内德。”他安慰我说。
   2. Often they cry, and I have to play the role of a mother, consoling them...
      经常他们一哭，我就要充当母亲的角色抚慰他们。
   3. He will have to console himself by reading about the success of his compatriots...
      他只能读读同胞们成功的故事来安慰自己。
   4. I can console myself with the fact that I'm not alone...
      不是只有我一个人才这样，我可以用这一事实来安慰自己。
   5. He consoled himself that Emmanuel looked like a nice boy, who could be a good playmate for his daughter.
      他安慰自己说，伊曼纽尔看上去是个不错的男孩，会是女儿的好玩伴。
2. (机器的)操纵台，控制台，仪表板
   A console is a panel with a number of switches or knobs that is used to operate a machine.

1. Her appointment was seen as a consolation prize after she lost the election.
   大家认为对她的任命只不过是落选之后的安慰罢了。
2. The little girl is a great consolation to her parents.
   这小女孩是他父母的莫大安慰。
3. Your solicitude was a great consolation to me.
   你对我的关怀给了我莫大的安慰。
4. He wasn't with another woman, which is probably a small consolation to Nicole.
   他不是和别的女人一起，这对妮可基德曼来说或许也算是个安慰。
5. I got many letters of consolation when my mother died.
   当我母亲去世时，我收到许多慰问信。
6. This is the consolation prize.
   法国美眉这是安慰奖。
7. I do not pray that you change your decision, I just need your consolation.
   我不祈望你改变你的决定，我只需要你的安慰。
8. My only consolation is that you'll share its fate.
   我的唯一安慰是你将分享它的命运。
9. My only consolation is your letters and phone calls.
   你的来信和来电是我唯一的慰藉。
10. And you're the consolation prize?
    那么说你就是安慰奖？
11. Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
    众人念了，因为信上安慰的话，就欢喜了。
12. Even a consolation prize isn't bad.
    中个安慰奖也不坏。
13. They wrote to us offering consolation.
    他们写信给我们表示慰问。
14. His presence was a consolation to her.
    他在场对她来说是个安慰。
15. If it is, your son gave me no consolation.
    如果是真的，令郎可没有给我提供什么安慰。
16. At least you weren't hurt& that's one consolation.
    至少你没有受到伤害&这是不幸中的幸事。
17. His letters of advice and consolation entertained me vastly.
    他的劝告和安慰的信使我非常开心。
18. From the absoluteness of the "me" a great deal of religious consolation can be spun.
    从绝对的“我”中，可以编织出许多宗教的慰藉。
19. If it's any consolation, I hate myself.
    如果能有点安慰，我恨我自己。
20. Lk. 6:24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation in full.
    路六24但你们富足的人有祸了，因为你们充分地受了你们的安慰。
21. And he had earthly consolation and affections also.
    而且，在尘世间还有他能得到慰藉和施以情感之处。
22. Colonel, my one consolation is that, thanks to my sister, your plot has failed.
    上校，我的安慰是因为我的妹妹，你的阴谋已被击溃。
23. Before I left the contest, I gave Linda my Star Trek cardboard cutout as a consolation prize.
    在我离开竞赛现场之前，我把我的《星际迷航》纸板的边角料作为安慰奖送给了琳达。
24. She missed out on the top job, but as a consolation prize was made deputy chairman.
    她失去了就任最高职位的机会，但还算是中了安慰奖，她被任命为副董事长。
25. In such a doctrine there is, to my mind, no vestige of comfort or consolation.
    在我看来，这种学说中没有丝毫的安乐和慰藉。
26. Most Russians grumble about their lives, but see "international prestige" as a consolation prize.
    大多数俄罗斯人对自己的生活牢骚满腹，但却视“国际威望”为安慰品。
27. Since the past one month, I have been running up and down fetching consolation prizes.
    过去的一个月以来，我跑来跑去拿安慰奖。
28. Your company was a great consolation to me.
    有你陪伴是我的一大慰藉。
29. That's no consolation prize; that's true victory.
    那不是一个安慰奖：那是真正的胜利。
30. But my daughter is no consolation prize.
    但是我女儿不是送给懦夫的安慰奖。

noun

1. the act of consoling
   1. his presence was a consolation to her

   Synonym:    comfortsolace

2. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
   1. second place was no consolation to him

   Synonym:    solacesolacement