cold comfort

cold comfort什么意思,cold comfort翻译

基本解释

na.: 敷衍人的安慰
网络: 不起作用的安慰；冷安慰；简直不起作用的安慰

权威解释

• 于事无补的安慰；不起作用的慰藉:

  the fact that sth that would normally be good does not make you happy because the whole situation is bad

英汉解释

• 敷衍人的安慰

• 不起作用的安慰

例句

• John failed the exam, it was cold comfort to him to be told that he could take a make-up exam next semester.

  约翰考试不及格，告诉他下学期可以补考只是徒增他的烦恼而已。

• Of course, the Fed is still likely a year or more away from implementing an exit strategy, but even that"s cold comfort.

  当然，时距美联储采行退场策略可能还有一年，甚或更长的时间，但并无法令人感到安心。

• And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change?

  那么他们是否让您用自己的英雄换成鬼魂？热灰换成树木？炽热的空气换成冰冷的微风？漠然的舒适换成改变？

• Just as we"re losing Dr. White, we readers are rewarded with the cold comfort of the truth about the murder.

  我们最终得知了事实的真相，怀特医生确实是凶手，但这并未使读者们得到任何的安慰。

• But eventuality can be cold comfort in an era when tomorrow is radically different from today and unrecognizable compared with yesterday.

  但是在一个明天同今天根本不同并且根本无法与昨天相比的时代，最终结果只是一种冷冰冰的安慰罢了。

• The happy ending is cold comfort: a ruck of bony children trying to sleep in a shantytown.

  书中的快乐结局也没有带给人多少安慰：一群瘦巴巴的小孩在贫民区中设法安睡。

• After losing my job, it was cold comfort to be told I"d won the office raffle.

  我失去工作以后，听说我抽中了公司的奖券，有同画饼。

• The fact that researchers have sequenced the genomes of all 99 strains of the human rhinovirus is cold comfort for my raw nose.

  研究人员已经对所有99种已知鼻病毒的基因组完成了排序。不过这个事实并不能对我发痛的鼻子带来什么帮助。

• Cold Comfort: You and nearby allies protected by endure elements.

  寒冷慰藉：你和身边的盟友受到“忍耐环境”的保护。

• True, it"s not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that"s cold comfort.

  没错，这并不是上世纪三十年代“大萧条”的重演，但即便这样，也是不过是一种冷漠的安慰而已。