condolence

英 [kənˈdəʊləns]

美 [kənˈdoʊləns]

n.  吊唁; 慰唁

复数：condolences　

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牛津词典

noun

• 吊唁；慰唁
  sympathy that you feel for sb when a person in their family or that they know well has died; an expression of this sympathy
  1. to give/offer/express your condolences
     表示慰唁
  2. Our condolences go to his wife and family.
     向他的妻子和家人谨致吊慰之意。
  3. a letter of condolence
     吊唁信

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 慰唁
  A message ofcondolenceis a message in which you express your sympathy for someone because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.
  1. Neil sent him a letter of condolence.
     尼尔给他发了一封唁函。
• N-PLURAL 慰唁
  When you offer or express yourcondolencesto someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.
  1. He expressed his condolences to the families of the people who died in the incident.
     他向这次事件中的死者家属表示了慰唁。

英英释义

noun

• an expression of sympathy with another's grief
  1. they sent their condolences
  Synonym:commiseration

双语例句

• In a letter of condolence, Brown said: I write to you with great sadness to inform you that one of the fatalities in yesterday's bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon has been identified as a Boston University graduate student.
  在一封哀悼信中，布朗说道：我很悲痛地通知您，昨天波士顿马拉松赛中发生在终点线附近的爆炸案有一名遇难者被确定是波士顿大学在校研究生。
• He sent a message of condolence.
  他发了一份吊唁电。
• Fuel was added to the fire a few days later when it was revealed that Rumsfeld did not actually sign the letters of condolence sent to the families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  数天后，又一件事披露了：在发给那些在阿富汗和伊拉克阵亡的美国士兵的家属吊唁信上，拉姆斯菲尔德并没有真正签名，这无疑是火上浇油。
• He expressed his condolences to the families of the people who died in the incident.
  他向这次事件中的死者家属表示了慰唁。
• It was a great condolence to my heart.
  这也给了我内心很大的安慰。
• Neil sent him a letter of condolence.
  尼尔给他发了一封唁函。
• Some situations are delicate and we need to use words that give comfort and condolence.
  有些场合很微妙，你应该说一些让人舒服、给人以安慰的话语。
• I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly.
  我觉得无论说什么安慰的话也无济于事，便索性让他一声不响地躺在那里。
• Thus, the first one issued condolence messages, non-family members who David Beckham is the same pool of sad Ronnie.
  于是，第一个发慰问短信，非贝克汉姆家属的人便是同样饱经伤痛的罗尼。
• Send/ receive a telegram ( of congratulations, condolence, etc)
  发[收]（祝贺、吊唁等）电报。