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mercyBrE /ˈmɜːsi/NAmE /ˈmɜːrsi/ noun (mercies) [U] a kind or forgiving attitude towards sb that you have the power to harm or right to punish 仁慈；宽恕 SYN humanity ◆to ask/beg/plead for mercy 请求/乞求/祈求宽恕◆They showed no mercy to their hostages. 他们对人质丝毫不讲仁慈。◆God have mercy on us. 上帝怜悯我们吧。◆The troops are on a mercy mission (= a journey to help people) in the war zone. 部队出发救助战地民众。 [C, usually sing.] (informal) an event or a situation to be grateful for, usually because it stops sth unpleasant 幸运；恩惠◆It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt. 幸运的是她伤势不重。 ➡ see also merciful, merciless  ●at the mercy of sb/sthnot able to stop sb/sth harming you because they have power or control over you 任…处置；对…无能为力；任由…摆布◆I'm not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank. 我不想任由银行摆布。◆We were at the mercy of the weather. 我们受制于天气。●leave sb/sth to the mercy/mercies of sb/sthto leave sb/sth in a situation that may cause them to suffer or to be treated badly 听任某人可能受苦或受到虐待（而无能为力）●throw yourself on sb's mercy(formal) to put yourself in a situation where you must rely on sb to be kind to you and not harm or punish you 指望某人能够善待（或宽恕）自己●be grateful/thankful for small ˈmerciesto be happy that a situation that is bad is not as bad as it could have been 为情况不太坏而庆幸◆Well, at least you weren't hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. 好啦，至少你没受伤。我想这就该让我们知足了。 |