| 单词 | cold comfort |
| 释义 | cold comfortuncountable noun If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant. These figures may look good on paper but are cold comfort to the islanders themselves. [+ to/for] cold comfort in British Englishlittle or no comfort cold comfort in British English (kəʊld ˈkʌmfət) noun little or minimal consolation These figures may look good on paper but are cold comfort to the islanders themselves. We welcome all steps to safeguard shipbuilding jobs in the long term, but that willbe cold comfort to those workers and their families who will lose their livelihoods. cold comfort in American English little or no comfort at all cold comfortencouragement that does not in fact make a difficult or unpleasant situation better Finding out more about this disease can be cold comfort, as no cure and virtuallyno treatment are available. Examples of 'cold comfort' in a sentence |
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