comfort
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈkʌm.fət]
- 美式音标 [ˈkʌm.fɚt]
- 国际音标 ['kʌmfət]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 安慰;舒适;安慰者
- vt. 安慰;使(痛苦等)缓和
词源解说
- 直接源自古法语的confort;最初源自晚期拉丁语的confortare,意为使人在精神上坚强起来。
用法辨析
- comfort作名词时,基本意思是“安乐”“舒适”“无忧无虑”,引申可表示对受苦者的安慰、帮助或仁爱,作此解时是不可数名词。
- comfort还可作“给予援助或安慰的人或事”解,指某人或某事能够使人得到援助或安慰,引申可表示“使身体舒适、健康或生活舒适的事物”,作此解时是可数名词。
- comfort的基本意思是“安慰”“使舒适”,指从积极的方面通过语言或行动给人以希望、温暖、力量等来安慰某人、使别人高兴或减少别人的痛苦、伤悲,后面可接被安慰的人或人体的某个部位。
- comfort是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。在非正式的书面语中可以带双宾语,直接宾语可以是that引导的从句。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- There is no comfort in the room.
这房间一点也不舒服。 - He did his best to comfort the old man.
他尽力地去安慰老人。 - She comforted herself that her husband would be home soon.
她安慰自己说她的丈夫很快就会回来。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
用作双宾动词: S+~+ pron./n. +that-clause
词组短语
- find comfort 找到安慰
- provide comfort 提供舒适
- seek comfort 寻求安慰
- take comfort 得到安慰
- cold comfort 不起作用的安慰
- Dutch comfort 没用的安慰
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
形容词+~
英英字典
- (NO PAIN) a pleasant feeling of being relaxed and free from pain
- (FOR SADNESS) the state of feeling better after feeling sad or worried, or something that makes you feel better in this way
- (ENOUGH MONEY) the state of having a pleasant life with enough money for everything that you need
- (PLEASANT THING) something that makes your life easy and pleasant
- to make someone feel better when they are sad or worried
- If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- Comfort is a style of life in which you have enough money to have everything you need.
- Comfort is what you feel when worries or unhappiness stop.
- If you refer to a person, thing, or idea as a comfort, you mean that it helps you to stop worrying or makes you feel less unhappy.
- Comforts are things which make your life easier and more pleasant, such as electrical devices you have in your home.
- If you comfort someone, you make them feel less worried, unhappy, or upset, for example by saying kind things to them.
- If you say that something is, for example, too close for comfort, you mean you are worried because it is closer than you would like it to be.
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专业释义
- 平顺性
The comfort performance of sample truck is improved 15.3% finally.
最终样车的平顺性改善幅度为15.3%。法学
- 帮助;支持
- 舒适
- 舒适