(noun.) alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; 'distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy'.
(noun.) something for which to be thankful; 'it was a mercy we got out alive'.
手打:柯尔斯顿
双语例句
I will endure thy sun's scorching rays, O God of Mercy! 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
I can honestly say it--in mercy to HER, I turned away without a word, and opened the door by which I had entered the room. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
The Lord only gives us our worldly goods that we may do justice and mercy; if our rulers require a price of us for it, we must deliver it up. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Let me listen to Mercy as long as she is near me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
All I say is, it's a mercy they didn't take this Doctor Lydgate on to our club. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
The woman fixed a wild and startled look on Tom, as if a new thought had struck her; and then, heavily groaning, said, O God a' mercy! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Heaven's mercy, woman! 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
To have attempted to dive below her would have put us entirely at her mercy, and precisely where she wanted us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星战神.
They reasoned, they appealed, they implored; on his mercy they cast themselves, into his hands they confidingly thrust their interests. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Well, of course, if you can look on the bright side, pray do; it's a mercy if people haven't sensitive feelings, in this world. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
You will give me the benefit of your self-possession, and not leave me at the mercy of agitated cowards? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
For the sake of mercy, said Rebecca, tell me what I am to expect as the conclusion of the violence which hath dragged me hither! 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Pious to guard the hospitable rite, And fearing Jove, whom mercy's works delight. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
Oh, mercy me! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
I don't know about mercy, said Mr. Vincy, testily. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
If I were weak now, what had I profited by those mercies? 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
If he could have known that he was an orphan, left to the tender mercies of church-wardens and overseers, perhaps he would have cried the louder. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
There are dogs about the house, and shall I leave my forlorn white children at the mercies of the dogs? 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
But, now I believe that the mark of the red cross is fatal to them, and that they have no part in His mercies. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
The field thus sown on the basement story, I ran lightly upstairs to scatter my mercies next over the drawing-room floor. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
But when I think of my husband, and the mercies of these people-- We will set him above their mercies very soon. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.