"cold comfort" en Chinese (Simplified)
聊以安慰并无安慰
Definición
“cold comfort”指本意是安慰别人,但是几乎没有真正起到安慰作用的东西。只是微不足道的安慰。
Notas de Uso (Chinese (Simplified))
这个表达正式或中性,经常用于强调某种安慰实际上没什么帮助,经常带有失望或讽刺的语气。不要和真实的温度或物理上的安慰混淆。
Ejemplos
Losing by one point is cold comfort after training so hard.
辛苦训练后只输了一分,这只是**聊以安慰**。
The apology was cold comfort for the damage caused.
道歉对造成的损失来说只是**并无安慰**。
Getting a small refund was cold comfort after losing my suitcase.
丢失行李后拿到一点退款只是**聊以安慰**。
When Sue said, 'At least it didn't rain,' it was cold comfort after the ruined picnic.
苏说“起码没下雨”,在野餐毁了后只算**并无安慰**。
Passing the test by one mark is cold comfort when everyone else scored much higher.
所有人分数高很多时,自己刚好合格只是**聊以安慰**。
It's cold comfort to know I'm not the only one who failed.
知道不是只有我一个人没及格,这只是**聊以安慰**。