mercy
英 ['m??s?]
美['m?si]
- n. 仁慈，寬容；憐憫；幸運；善行
- n. (Mercy)人名；(英)默西，默茜(女名)；(法)梅西
英英釋意
- 1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;
- "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
- 2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving;
- "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"
- 3. the feeling that motivates compassion
- 4. something for which to be thankful;
- "it was a mercy we got out alive"
- 5. alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed;
- "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"