merciful

['mə:sifəl]

adj.仁慈的, 宽大的

a.

仁慈的; 慈悲的; 宽容的[(+to)]

a merciful judge

一位仁慈的法官

词形变化

副词: mercifully | 名词: mercifulness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.仁慈的, 宽大的

compassionate  placable  humane  tender  tender-hearted  soft-hearted  tolerant  clement  lenient  sparing  benign  benignant  benevolent  charitable  beneficent  forgiving  humanitarian  kind  sympathetic  pitying  mild  geutle  

同义参见:

understanding  gracious  compassionate  philanthropic  pacific  

反义:

a.仁慈的

merciless  pitiless  cruel  

英英释义

形容词 merciful:

showing or giving mercy

(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious

补充

mercifulmerciful英:[ˈmə:siful] 美:[ˈmɚsɪfəl]adj.1.仁慈的, 宽恕的

例句

1. We can only hope the court is merciful.我们只能盼望法院慈悲为怀了。 2. I begged him to be merciful.我祈求他发发慈悲。 3. a merciful God仁慈的上帝 4. Death came as a merciful release.死亡成为一种仁慈的解脱。 5. it was the will of a merciful God that all should be saved.拯救一切人是慈悲上帝的意愿。 6. her death was a merciful release.她的死是幸运的解脱。 7. His death was a merciful release from pain.死亡让他从痛苦中解脱。 8. a merciful ruler仁慈的统治者 9. a merciful god仁慈的神 10. He became less merciful to his enemies.他对敌人不再那么仁慈了。 11. a merciful decision仁慈的决定 12. He died a quick and merciful death.他匆匆去了，但这也是一种解脱。 13. The movie at last came to a merciful end. [=the movie was so bad that its ending was a relief]谢天谢地，电影总算结束了。