consolation

名词 consolation:

1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
   同义词：solace, solacement
2. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
   同义词：comfort, solace

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. I got many letters of consolation when my mother died.
   母亲死后，我收到许多安慰信。
4. 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。

con.so.la.tion

n.（名词）

The act or an instance of consoling.
安慰：安慰（他人）的行为或实例
The state of being consoled.
受安慰：受到安慰的状态
One that consoles; a comfort:
安慰：起安慰作用的人或物；安慰：
例句：
Your kindness was a consolation to me in my grief.
你的好意对处痛苦中的于我是一种安慰