Word · Frequency #19546
merciful
仁慈的；宽恕的；宽大的
Showing mercy; being kind and forgiving to someone you have power over.
- 1.
Showing mercy.
仁慈的；宽厚的
- 2.
showing or giving mercy
仁慈的；宽恕的
- 3.
(used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
(用于对王室和高等贵族的传统称呼)宽厚的,仁慈的
仁慈的；宽厚的（用于对王室或贵族的尊称）；仁慈的；宽厚的；仁慈的；宽恕的；(用于对王室和高等贵族的传统称呼)宽厚的,仁慈的；仁慈的
In use
The judge was merciful and gave the young offender a second chance.
My teacher was merciful and accepted my late homework without penalty.
She was merciful to the stray cat and took it to the vet.
sought merciful treatment for the captives
a merciful god
our merciful king
merciful to/toward sb
The judge was merciful to the first-time offender.
法官对初犯者很仁慈。
it is merciful of sb to do sth
此结构强调某人的仁慈行为。
Connections
Collocations
- merciful God
- 仁慈的上帝；慈悲的天主
- She believed in a merciful God who forgives sinners.她相信有一位宽恕罪人的仁慈的上帝。
- merciful judge
- 仁慈的法官；宽大处理的法官
- The merciful judge gave the first-time offender a lighter sentence.仁慈的法官对初犯者从轻判决。
- merciful heart
- 慈悲的心肠；仁爱之心
- She has a merciful heart and often volunteers at the shelter.她心肠慈悲，经常在收容所做志愿者。
- merciful smile
- 慈祥的微笑；宽容的微笑
- The old lady looked at the child with a merciful smile.老太太带着慈祥的微笑看着这个孩子。
- merciful release
- 慈悲的解脱；令人欣慰的解脱
- For the terminally ill patient, death brought a merciful release.对这位临终病人来说，死亡带来了一种慈悲的解脱。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由 mercy（怜悯）+ ful（充满）联想：心里充满怜悯，自然待人仁慈宽厚。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学作品、宗教场合 「merciful」通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在文学、宗教或正式演讲中；日常口语较少见，口语更常说 kind 或 forgiving。
Grammar Note
常见搭配：merciful to 对...仁慈；merciful in 在...方面仁慈。
Pronunciation & Spelling
unmerciful /ˌʌnˈmɝsɪfəl/ is a true rhyme because from the stressed /ɝ/ to the end it matches merciful exactly. mercy and merchant share the initial /mɝ/ but continue with different consonants and vowels, so they are only spelling lookalikes. useful, beautiful, and grateful repeat the unstressed final syllable /fəl/ but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme with merciful.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.