【英语成语】cold comfort
时间:2016/12/16 来源:通文通译 浏览次数:2280
成语:cold comfort
释义:
cold是冷的意思,comfort是安慰,cold comfort意思是very limited consolation or empathy “不起作用的安慰”。
例句:
The loss could have been heavier, but that was cold comfort.
这次损失不算太重,但那并不值得高兴。
Two weeks ago, I got the news that my factory would be relocating overseas. As I sat at home wondering what I was going to do for work, I glanced up. There on the wall was the award I had received for "Employee of the Year." It seems cold comfort for what I have to deal with now.
两个星期前,我得知我工作的工厂要整个搬到海外去作业。我坐在家里,想着以后要怎么办的时候,抬头正好看到墙上挂的“年度优秀员工奖”的奖状。这张奖状对于目前身处困境的我来说,丝毫起不到安慰的效果。
(编辑:xueqi)