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

• When he died of illness at the age of22, many Japanese sent condolence messages, bouquets and offerings to the zoo.
  他病逝的时候有22岁，很多日本民众自发的通过动物园给他发来吊唁和花圈。
• During their private session meeting with Obama, the president extends his condolence to the victims'families.
  在奥巴马单独与家属的会面期间，这位总统向死难者家属深深的表达了他的沉痛心情。
• Send/ receive a telegram ( of congratulations, condolence, etc)
  发[收]（祝贺、吊唁等）电报。
• I would like to join the Chairman in extending my condolence to his family and the government of DRC.
  我请求年会主席代为转达我对富塔部长家人和刚果政府的哀悼。
• He sent a message of condolence.
  他发了一份吊唁电。
• It was a great condolence to my heart.
  这也给了我内心很大的安慰。
• 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 used social networks to organize blood drives and a massive interfaith book of condolence.
  他开展了社会网络组织献血活动和用大量的宗教书籍慰问心灵。
• As President, I have signed a letter of condolence to the family of each American who gives their life in these wars.
  作为总统，我已经给每一个在这些战争中献出生命的美国人的家庭写了一封慰问信。
• The massacre prompted immediate condemnation and condolence from around the world.
  这起惨案立刻引发了全球的谴责和慰问。