consolatory

a. 慰问的, 可慰藉的

发音

UK /kənˈsɒl.ət.(ə)ɹ.i/
US /kənˈsoʊl.ə.tɔɹ.i/
US /kənˈsɑl.ə.tɔɹ.i/

词形变化

consolatories 复数 consolatories more consolatory 比较级 most consolatory 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.

    1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 658-662, in Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, pp. 43-44, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much perswasion sought Lenient of grief and anxious thought, But with' afflicted in his pangs thir sound Little prevails,

adj.
  1. 1.

    Which consoles.

    1649, John Donne, Fifty Sermons, London: M.F., J. Marriot and R. Royston, Volume 2, “Sermon XVII. Preached at Lincolns Inne,” p. 140, Where then is the restorative, the consolatory nature of these words? In this, beloved, consists our comfort […]

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

comforting consoling

近义相关 1

reassuring

词源

From Middle English consolatory, from Latin cōnsōlātōrius.

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