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单词 consolation
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consolation

noun
/ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnsəˈleɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a thing or person that makes you feel better when you are unhappy or disappointed synonym comfort
    • a few words of consolation
    • If it's any consolation, she didn't get the job, either.
    • The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.
    • At least you weren’t hurt—that’s one consolation.
    Extra Examples
    • He drew little consolation from this fact.
    • He went to seek consolation in the local pub.
    • If it's any consolation to you, the weather here is also awful.
    • She had the consolation of coming second in her last race of the day.
    • She tends to seek consolation in food.
    • The children were a great consolation to me at that time.
    • The next game will probably offer them the consolation of winning.
    • There is some consolation for fans because the team still stands a chance of winning the local championship.
    • This news was of little consolation to us.
    • When her mother died, she found consolation in her religious beliefs.
    • When she lost her job, her only consolation was that she had some savings in the bank.
    • It's a great consolation that…
    • to take consolation
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • small
    verb + consolation
    • have
    • seek
    • draw
    preposition
    • consolation for
    • consolation to
    phrases
    • be (of) little consolation to somebody
    • be (of) small consolation to somebody
    • be (of) some consolation to somebody
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin consolatio(n-), from the verb consolari, from con- ‘with’ + solari ‘soothe’.
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