mercy n. 1.仁慈;憐憫;寬恕;恩惠。 2.幸運;僥幸;〔美口〕感謝。 the heart of the Goddess of Mercy 菩薩心腸。 Mercy! = Mercy (up) on us! 啊呀!我的天哪!That is a mercy. 那真是幸運。 at the mercy of 完全受…支配,任由…擺布,在…掌握中。 for mercy = for mercy's sake! 請大發(fā)慈悲!請可憐可憐!求求您!have mercy (up) on = show mercy to 可憐…,憐憫。 leave to the tender mercies of 〔反意語〕任由…擺布,使吃…的苦頭 (He was left to the tender mercies of the landlord. 他大受地主的虐待)。 What a mercy that...! 幸好,幸虧(What a mercy [It is a mercy] that you did not go! 幸虧你沒去)。 without mercy 狠著心腸,毫不容情地,殘忍地。
All my hopes are blighted , my heart is broken , my life a burden , everything around me is sad and mournful ; earth has become distasteful to me , and human voices distract me . it is a mercy to let me die , for if i live i shall lose my reason and become mad . when , sir , i tell you all this with tears of heartfelt anguish , can you reply that i am wrong , can you prevent my putting an end to my miserable existence 我的生命之火熄滅了,周圍的一切都讓我傷心,地球已變成灰燼,每一個人的聲音都傷害我,當(dāng)我說,讓我死是慈悲,假如我活下去,我就會因喪失理智而發(fā)瘋,閣下,告訴我,當(dāng)聽了這一番話以后,誰還會對我說你錯了。