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单词 merciful
释义

merciful

/ˈməːsɪfʊl / /ˈməːsɪf(ə)l/
adjective
1Showing or exercising mercy: William did not believe in being merciful to those who fought against him...
  • I think that in turn we should be merciful to those who sin against us, without our mercy leading us to neglect our responsibilities to others.
  • Be merciful to the other creations so the Creator will have mercy on you.
  • The rabbis tell us that ‘he who is merciful to the cruel will feel indifference for the innocent.’

Synonyms

forgiving, compassionate, gracious, lenient, clement, pitying, forbearing, humane, mild, soft-hearted, tender-hearted, kind, kindly, sympathetic;
patient, humanitarian, liberal, easy-going, permissive, tolerant, indulgent, generous, magnanimous, beneficent, benign, benignant, benevolent
show mercy to, have mercy on, have pity on, spare, pardon, forgive, let off, be lenient on/to, deal leniently with
informal go/be easy on
1.1(Of an event) coming as a mercy; bringing someone relief from something unpleasant: her death was a merciful release...
  • So we let the brief conversation come to a merciful end and they started to walk away.
  • For a while there, it didn't seem like it was ever going to happen but 1998 has finally come to a merciful end.
  • The most the Old Testament writers hope for is a ripe old age ended by a quick and merciful death.

Synonyms

welcome, blessed, acceptable

Derivatives

mercifulness

/ˈməːsɪfʊlnəs / /ˈməːsɪf(ə)lnəs / noun ...
  • Pilate is out of his league as he faces Jesus' strong resistance, mysterious mercifulness and unrelenting compassion.
  • The sad irony of it all is that God's infinite mercifulness extends to the nether limits where our present breed of politicians abound.
  • His belief in God's abiding mercifulness leads him to conclude that the torment of hell cannot be eternal: ‘there was a time when sin did not exist, and there will be a time when it will not exist’.
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