Mercy
[ 'mɝsi ]
第2级
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n. 宽容;怜悯;幸运;侥幸;
💡 词根助记
merc(trade)+y(名词后缀)→慈悲
📝 例句
President may use his prerogative of mercy towards a criminal.
总统可行使赦免罪犯的特权。
He proceeded to deal forth his scraps of legal knowledge without mercy.
他开始毫不留情地贩卖残缺不全的法律知识。
Distributing food among the homeless was an act of mercy.
发配食物给无家可归的人是救苦救难的行为。
The lake and all on it, they fancy, lie at their mercy.
明镜湖上的一切都在他们控制下。
Oh! Pray have mercy on me, and do not make me steal.
哦，请饶了我吧，不要逼我做贼。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“摩西”:摩西给上帝的子民带来很多恩惠
※ mercy-怜悯,merry-高兴的:丢掉怜悯,尽情高兴
※ me-我,r-拼音“人”,cy-拼音“苍蝇”:我和人们对苍蝇很怜悯
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-merc-表示“贸易”
📖 牛津释义
mercy
n
1 [U] kindness, forgiveness, restraint, etc shown to sb one has the right or power to punish 仁慈; 宽恕; 宽容
They showed mercy to their enemies. 他们对敌人很仁慈.
We were given no/little mercy. 我们没有得到宽恕.
He threw himself on my mercy, ie begged me to show mercy. 他求我宽恕他.
a tyrant without mercy 无情的暴君.
2 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
(infml 口) event to be grateful for; piece of good luck 恩惠; 幸运
It's a mercy she wasn't hurt in the accident. 她在事故中未受伤, 真幸运.
His death was a mercy, eg He was in such pain that it was best that he died. 他的死是一种解脱（与其痛苦不如一死）.
3 (idm 习语) at the mercy of sb/sth in the power of sb/sth; under the control of sb/sth 任由某人[某事物]摆布或控制
The ship was at the mercy of the storm, ie out of control or helpless. 那只船在暴风雨中失去控制. be grateful/thankful for small mercies => small. an errand of mercy => errand. leave sb/sth to the mercy/mercies of sb/sth => leave1. throw oneself on sb's mercy (fml 文) beg sb to treat one kindly or leniently 恳求某人善待或宽恕. mercy, interj (dated 旧) (used to express surprise or (pretended) terror 用以表示惊讶或（故作的）惊恐)
Mercy (on us)! What a noise! 天哪! 多吵闹哇!
🎯 考研助记
神(me字根)仙姐姐拿着花(r象形)来看你(cy)，说明是 仁慈的 网友：tom 补充：当自己 网友：yqy 补充：可能源自merc商业，可见，商业自古就与慈善相连merry （快乐的）时候，对不幸的人充满mercy （怜悯）.
🔁 扩展释义
*['mә:si]n. 仁慈, 宽恕, 慈悲, 怜悯, 幸运【法】 权宜处置权, 决定权, 宽恕相关词组: at the mercy of to abandon sb to the mercy of... without mercy throw oneself on sb's mercy
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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The Bison on the Plains of America
美洲平原上的野牛
Maori families are often large, and uncles, aunts, grandparents and other relations may come to stay with the family for long periods.
毛利人的家庭通常很大，叔伯、婶娘、爷爷奶奶以及其他亲戚均可来与家里人长时期地住在一起。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。