merciful
英 [ˈmɜ:sɪfl] 美 [ˈmɜrsɪfl]

adj.

仁慈的，宽恕的，温和的，（情形）良好的，顺利的，（处罚）宽大的；

英英释义

merciful[ 'mə:siful ]

• adj.
  • showing or giving mercy

    "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

  • (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious

    "our merciful king"

同近义词辨析

tolerantj, merciful

这组词都有“宽容的”的意思，其区别是：

tolerantj指不固执己见，能够宽容或谅解他人的开明态度。

merciful指同情或怜悯。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Be merciful to those who show mercy.
   对仁慈的人讲仁慈。
2. The merciful king saved the young officers from death.
   仁慈的国王把年青的军官从死神手中救了出来。
3. She was merciful to the prisoners.
   她对犯人很仁慈。
4. Death came as a merciful release.
   死神的到来算是一种幸运的解脱。
5. The brave are merciful; cowards do not dare to forgive their enemies.
   勇敢者仁慈宽大，胆小鬼不敢饶恕敌人。

权威例句

Merciful Juries: The Resilience of Jury Nullification
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A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America (Book)
A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America (review)
`Merciful release': the history of the British euthanasia movement.
A merciful death for the “earliest bilaterian,” Vernanimalcula
"More Merciful and Not Less Effective": Eugenics and American Economics in the Progressive Era
rTMS For PTSD: Induced Merciful Oblivion or Elimination of Abnormal Hypermnesia?
The Irrationality of Merciful Legal Judgement: Exclusionary Reasoning and the Question of the Particular
Withholding artificial feeding from the severely demented: merciful or immoral? Contrasts between secular and Jewish perspectives