Mercy

(noun.) alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; 'distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy'.

(noun.) something for which to be thankful; 'it was a mercy we got out alive'.

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• I will endure thy sun's scorching rays, O God of Mercy! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I can honestly say it--in mercy to HER, I turned away without a word, and opened the door by which I had entered the room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The Lord only gives us our worldly goods that we may do justice and mercy; if our rulers require a price of us for it, we must deliver it up. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Let me listen to Mercy as long as she is near me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• All I say is, it's a mercy they didn't take this Doctor Lydgate on to our club. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The woman fixed a wild and startled look on Tom, as if a new thought had struck her; and then, heavily groaning, said, O God a' mercy! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Heaven's mercy, woman! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• To have attempted to dive below her would have put us entirely at her mercy, and precisely where she wanted us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• They reasoned, they appealed, they implored; on his mercy they cast themselves, into his hands they confidingly thrust their interests. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Well, of course, if you can look on the bright side, pray do; it's a mercy if people haven't sensitive feelings, in this world. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You will give me the benefit of your self-possession, and not leave me at the mercy of agitated cowards? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• For the sake of mercy, said Rebecca, tell me what I am to expect as the conclusion of the violence which hath dragged me hither! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Pious to guard the hospitable rite, And fearing Jove, whom mercy's works delight. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Oh, mercy me! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I don't know about mercy, said Mr. Vincy, testily. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If I were weak now, what had I profited by those mercies? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If he could have known that he was an orphan, left to the tender mercies of church-wardens and overseers, perhaps he would have cried the louder. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• There are dogs about the house, and shall I leave my forlorn white children at the mercies of the dogs? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But, now I believe that the mark of the red cross is fatal to them, and that they have no part in His mercies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The field thus sown on the basement story, I ran lightly upstairs to scatter my mercies next over the drawing-room floor. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But when I think of my husband, and the mercies of these people-- We will set him above their mercies very soon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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