condolence

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /kənˈdoʊləns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Comfort, support or sympathy. uncountable
    — There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.
  2. An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died. countable,plural-normally
    — I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.

词形变化

condolences plural condoleance alternative,obsolete condolance alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
book of condolence condolence card

词源

From condole + -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condoleō (“to sympathize”), from con- (“together, with”) and doleō (“to hurt, suffer, have pain”).
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