condolence
英[k?n'd??l(?)ns]
美[k?n'dol?ns]
- n. 哀悼；慰問
詞態變化
復數:?condolences;
助記提示
1、con- "with, together" + dol- + -ence.
2、字面含義：suffer with another, suffer together.
中文詞源
condolence 吊唁
con-, 強調。-dol, 傷心，詞源同doleful, indolence.
英文詞源
- condolence
- condolence: [17] Condolence and sympathy are parallel formations: both go back to classical originals (late Latin condolēre and Greek sumpátheia respectively) which meant literally ‘together-suffering’. Latin condolēre was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and dolēre ‘suffer pain’ (source of English dolour and doleful). This entered English in the 16th century as the now seldom encountered verb condole, but the comparative frequency of the noun condolence is probably due to the early 17th-century adoption of French condoléance (the spelling condoleance was common in English in the 17th and 18th centuries).
=> doleful, dolour - condolence (n.)
- c. 1600, from Late Latin condolere "to suffer together" (see condole) + -ence. Often in form condoleance 1600-1800.
雙語例句
- 1. Neil sent him a letter of condolence.
- 尼爾給他發了一封唁函。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Please accept my condolence on your mother's death.
- 請接受我對令堂故去的吊慰.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. You should, however , send a letter of condolence to your father - in - law . "
- 但汝 岳父 處應去一信唁之. ”
來自漢英文學 - 圍城
- 4. I was touched, I said something in condolence with him.
- 我受感動了, 說了些話安慰他.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He sent a message of condolence.
- 他發了一份吊唁電.
來自辭典例句