consolation

[.kɔnsə'leiʃən]

n. 安慰, 慰藉

例句与用法：

Get third prize is poor consolation for all their hard work.

他们那麽努力才获得三等奖，真有点说不过去。

Getting third prize was poor consolation for all their hard work.

他们那麽努力才获得三等奖，真有点说不过去。

I got many letters of consolation when my mother died.

母亲死后，我收到许多安慰信。

Your company has been a great consolation to me.

能和你在一起对我是件极为安慰的事。

详细释义：

n.

1. 安慰, 慰藉[U]

2. 安慰的人(或事物)[C]

It's a consolation to know that they are safe.

知道他们平平安安, 使人感到安慰。