| 单词 | merciful |
| 释义 | merciful (once / 441 pages) 1adj 2adj Use the adjective merciful to describe someone who has compassion for other people, especially when he is in a position to punish them or treat them harshly. If you're caught cheating on a math test, your best hope is that your teacher will be merciful, or that she will forgive you for what you've done. Forgiving someone or relieving a person's pain are both merciful acts. The word merciful also has religious connotations which come from the root word mercy, used since the 12th century to mean "God's forgiveness of his creatures' offenses." The origin is the Old French merci, "pity or thanks." WORD FAMILYmerciful: mercifuler, mercifully, mercifulness, unmerciful+/merciless: mercilessly, mercilessness/mercy: mercies, merciful, merciless/unmerciful: unmercifully, unmercifulness USAGE EXAMPLES“The merciful Lord looks at us all without any distinction,” Mr. Andrino said. New York Times(Sep 03, 2016) “Death is a thousand times more merciful than being wounded,” he said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) A miserable season will come to a merciful end soon enough. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) 1 adj showing or giving mercy 2sought merciful treatment for the captives a merciful god Syn|Ant clement (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy compassionateshowing or having compassion softcompassionate and kind; conciliatory humanemarked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering kindhaving or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior merciless, unmerciful having or showing no mercy bloodyhaving or covered with or accompanied by blood inclementused of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy uncompassionatelacking compassion or feeling for others harddispassionate unkindlacking kindness bowelless, cutthroat, fierceruthless in competition mortalunrelenting and deadly pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpityingwithout mercy or pity tigerishresembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy implacableincapable of being placated adj (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious our merciful king Syn gracious characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit |
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