Consolation

(noun.) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; 'his presence was a consolation to her'.

(noun.) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; 'second place was no consolation to him'.

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• My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Her resolution of refusal only grew more interesting by the addition of a scheme for his subsequent consolation and happiness. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• She indeed requires consolation; she accused herself of having caused the death of my brother, and that made her very wretched. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Ned was offended and turned to Sallie for consolation, saying to her rather pettishly, There isn't a bit of flirt in that girl, is there? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I fear, I know, that the couch needs spiritual as well as medical consolation. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• How I used to pray to Heaven for consolation and support! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Just at the door he said to them a few brief but very earnest words of religious consolation and exhortation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• P'raps they're sent as a consolation, if we only know'd it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• To talk over the dreadful business with Fanny, talk and lament, was all Lady Bertram's consolation. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She met Gerty's lamentable eyes, fixed on her in a despairing effort at consolation, and the look brought her to herself. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Is your loss such as leaves no opening for consolation? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Thank Goodness it will always be a consolation to me to know that I instantly went out in a pouring rain and bought the things. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But he had two consolations at the close of the performance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Home, wife, children, domestic love, domestic consolations—what more can the heart of man desire? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Her heart was sore and angry, and she was capable only of angry consolations. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

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