mercifully是什么意思？

mercifully

英[ˈmɜ:sɪfəli] 美[ˈmɜrsɪfəli]

• adv. 幸运地，宽厚地，仁慈地；

例句

• The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour. 幸好等待的时间很短，不过一个小时多一点。
• Mercifully some one arrived upon the scene to extricate him from the dilemma and assume the responsibility. 幸亏有个人来替他解围,把责任包揽下来.
• It was a mercifully quick end for those condemned to die. 对于那些死刑犯来说,这是一种仁慈的快速解脱.
• Finally, exhausted and exhilarated , he soon fell into a mercifully dreamless sleep. 最后, 他觉得困乏了,可还是喜孜孜的, 终于很快就昏昏沉沉地睡着了.
• Nixon proceeded to respond, mercifully more tersely than Brezhnev. 尼克松开始作出回答了.幸运的是, 他讲的比勃列日涅夫简练.
• St Lucia is still mercifully undeveloped as a tourist destination. 作为一个旅游目的地，圣卢西亚所幸还未被开发。
• Bolivia has been mercifully free of large-scale, drug-related violence. 幸运的是，玻利维亚没有发生过与毒品有关的大规模暴力事件。
• Mercifully, a friend came to the rescue... 幸好一个朋友赶来解了围。
• The exhibition is informative, up to date, and mercifully free of gimmicks. 这个展览既能让人增长见识，又紧跟时代前沿，而且幸运的是没有华而不实的东西。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADV
  幸运地;有福气地;幸好
  You can use mercifully to show that you are glad that something good has happened, or that something bad has not happened or has stopped.
  例句
  Mercifully, a friend came to the rescue... 幸好一个朋友赶来解了围。 Bolivia has been mercifully free of large-scale, drug-related violence. 幸运的是，玻利维亚没有发生过与毒品有关的大规模暴力事件。

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  <主文>①令人感激地;幸而
  The wait was mercifully brief, little more than an hour. 幸好等待的时间很短，不过一个小时多一点。
  仁慈地;宽大地;宽容地
  It was a mercifully quick end for those condemned to die. 对于那些死刑犯来说，这是一种仁慈的快速解脱。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. in a manner that may be cruel but avoids suffering;
  "we more mercifully had our bouncing betties go off at the head"
  2. in a compassionate manner;
  "he dealt with the thief mercifully"