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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thank you for your mail and for your condolence.
  感谢您的邮件您和您的慰问。
• Or kill yourself and give me the condolence money.
  或者自我了结把赔偿金给我。
• I give my condolence to you for your failure.
  我对你的失败深感同情。
• 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 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。
• After signing a condolence book at Pakistan's embassy in Washington, President Bush offered his sympathy.
  布什总统在巴基斯坦驻美大使馆的悼念簿上签字后，表示了他的慰问。
• China's diplomatic missions abroad were also ordered to observe the order, and condolence books are to be opened in the Foreign Ministry and Chinese embassies and consulates around the world.
  要求中国海外外交使团也遵守该命令，外交部和我国驻外大使馆和领事馆设立吊唁簿。