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

• Send/ receive a telegram ( of congratulations, condolence, etc)
  发[收]（祝贺、吊唁等）电报。
• Neil sent him a letter of condolence.
  尼尔给他发了一封唁函。
• Some situations are delicate and we need to use words that give comfort and condolence.
  有些场合很微妙，你应该说一些让人舒服、给人以安慰的话语。
• Letters and telegrams of condolence streamed in from heads of state, housewives, politicians, millionaires, secretaries.
  国家元首、政治家、百万富翁、家庭主妇以及部长、大臣的唁电唁函涨潮般涌来。
• China's missions around the world also were advised to observe the tributes and to offer condolence books for those who wished to express their sympathies.
  中国在全世界的驻外机构也被要求遵守哀悼仪式，并提供吊唁簿供人们表达同情。
• Emails of condolence appeared on her web page.
  铺天盖地的吊唁电子邮件出现在她的网页上。
• 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。
• The massacre prompted immediate condemnation and condolence from around the world.
  这起惨案立刻引发了全球的谴责和慰问。
• Thank you for your mail and for your condolence.
  感谢您的邮件您和您的慰问。
• Fuel was added to the fire a few days later when it was revealed that Rumsfeld did not actually sign the letters of condolence sent to the families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  数天后，又一件事披露了：在发给那些在阿富汗和伊拉克阵亡的美国士兵的家属吊唁信上，拉姆斯菲尔德并没有真正签名，这无疑是火上浇油。