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mercy

mercy /'mə:si/

danh từ
- lòng thương, lòng nhân từ, lòng từ bi
  - for mercy's sake: vì lòng thương
- lòng khoan dung
  - to beg for mercy: xin khoan dung, xin dung thứ
- ơn, ơn huệ
- sự may mắn, hạnh phúc, điều sung sướng
  - it was a mercy it did not rain: thật may mà trời không mưa
  - that's a mercy!: thật là một hạnh phúc!
- to be at the mercy of
  - dưới quyền của, bị bắt sao cũng phải chịu
- to be left to the tender mercies of
  - (đùa cợt) chắc sẽ bị (ai) vùi dập

Xem thêm: clemency, mercifulness, mercifulness, mercifulness

mercy noun

ADJ. divine, infinite God's infinite mercy

VERB + MERCY ask for, beg for, plead for, scream for | have, show (sb) God have mercy on us! They showed no mercy to their captives.

MERCY + NOUN dash, flight, mission Aid agencies are making mercy flights into the flood region. | killing

PREP. at the ~ of We're at the mercy of the weather. | without ~ The terrorists are completely without mercy.

n.

leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; clemency, mercifulness
he threw himself on the mercy of the court
a disposition to be kind and forgiving; mercifulness
in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
the feeling that motivates compassion; mercifulness
something for which to be thankful
it was a mercy we got out alive
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy

mercies
syn.: charity compassion kindness pity sympathy
ant.: cruelty