merciful
UK/'mә:siful/US
TOEFL高考六级B2
释义
adj.
Showing compassion or forgiveness, especially toward someone you could punish
仁慈的，宽厚的；（对可惩处之人）从宽的
adj.
Giving welcome relief from something unpleasant (e.g. a merciful end)
（让人）得以解脱的，可庆幸的（如 a merciful end）
词根拆分
词根派生mercy + -ful（「充满」）= 充满仁慈。慈悲之义直接承接。第二种更柔和的用法（a merciful release）把它用于「让人免于继续受苦」的情形——仿佛事态本身在施以仁慈。
词根 merx 还连着 9 个词常用搭配
- 1.merciful God仁慈的上帝
- 2.a merciful release（让人）解脱的结局
- 3.merciful end得以解脱的结局
例句
- 1.
The judge was merciful and gave him a lighter sentence.
法官心存仁厚，从轻判处了他。
- 2.
After months of pain, his death was a merciful release.
在数月的痛苦之后，他的离世是一种解脱。
- 3.
We prayed to a merciful God for forgiveness.
我们向仁慈的上帝祈求宽恕。