comfort

英 ['kʌmfət] 美 ['kʌmfərt]

• n. 舒适；安逸；安慰；慰藉
• vt. 安慰；使舒适

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]舒适,身心健康

   state of being free from suffering, anxiety, pain, etc.; physical well-being

2. [U]安慰,帮助

   help or kindness to sb who is suffering, consolation

3. [C]给予援助或安慰的人或事

   sb/sth that brings relief or help

4. [C]使人舒服的事物

   thing that creates physical ease or well-being

v. (动词)

1. vt. 安慰,使舒适

   give comfort to; make sb feel better

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 舒适，安逸，愉快
2. 安慰者
3. 安慰，慰问，慰藉
4. <美>盖被，鸭绒被
5. 安慰的东西，慰劳品
6. 生活舒适用品
7. 【律】援助
8. 使人舒服的设备，方便的东西

v. 动词

1. 使安逸舒适，使安乐，给...舒适感，使舒适
2. 安慰，使...感到安慰，慰问，抚慰，宽慰，鼓舞
3. 使缓和
4. 援助，帮助，支持
5. 歇息

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain;

   "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"
   "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
   

2. a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment

3. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction;

   "his presence was a consolation to her"
   

4. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;

   "a life of luxury and ease"
   "he had all the material comforts of this world"
   

5. satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing;

   "his friendship was a comfort"
   "a padded chair was one of the room's few comforts"
   

6. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

7. assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal;

   "it gave comfort to the enemy"
   

Verb:

1. give moral or emotional strength to

2. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate;

   "ease the pain in your legs"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The dress is carefully styled for maximum comfort.
   这服装精心设计，力求达到最大限度的舒适。
2. First, you need to get out of your comfort zone.
   首先,你要离开你的习惯,离开你的舒适地带。
3. Humanization design is to upgrade the comfort of operation.
   人性化设计,更提升了操作舒适性。
4. They are now living in relative comfort.
   他们现在过着比较安逸的生活。
5. He spoke a few words of comfort to me before leaving.
   走之前，他向我说了几句安慰的话。
6. I offer a mite of comfort to him.
   我给了他一点安慰。
7. My husband was a great comfort to me when my son was ill.
   我儿子生病时，丈夫给了我极大的安慰。
8. Her children are a great comfort to her.
   她的孩子是她极大的安慰。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I tried to comfort him after he was defeated by his opponent.
   他被对手击败后，我尽力安慰他。
2. His friends came to comfort him for his loss.
   因为他受了损失, 他的朋友们都来安慰他。
3. He comforted his back with soft cushions.
   他铺上软垫使背部舒适些。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is no comfort in the room.
   这房间一点也不舒服。
2. We could give him no comfort.
   我们无法安慰他。
3. I found comfort in his words.
   我从他的话中得到安慰。
4. From whom shall I get comfort?
   我从谁那里得到安慰?
5. She was a comfort to her old father.
   她对老父亲来说是个安慰。
6. My husband was a great comfort to me when I was ill.
   我生病时我丈夫是我最大的安慰。
7. Your letter was a great comfort to me.
   你的信对我是个很大的安慰。
8. Your words have been a great comfort to me.
   你的话给了我很大的安慰。
9. It's a comfort to be with you.
   跟你在一起真令人感到安慰。
10. He liked the comforts of his home.
    他喜欢家中的种种舒适。
11. We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.
    我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He did his best to comfort the old man.
   他尽力地去安慰老人。
2. The old lady often comforts those who are in trouble.
   这位老妇人经常安慰处于困境的人。
3. The nurse comforted the patient.
   护士安慰患病的人。
4. Her sister came to comfort her.
   她姐姐过来安慰她。
5. They tried to comfort her, but what could they say?
   他们试图安慰她,但又能说些什么呢?
6. I tried to comfort her after her mother's death.
   她妈妈去世后我尽力安慰她。
7. Neighbours comforted the parents of the injured child.
   邻居们向受伤孩子的父母表示慰问。
8. She brought me something to eat and tried to comfort me.
   她给我拿了些吃的东西来,并且极力安慰我。
9. I tried to comfort the poor girl, and asked where she was going to spend the night.
   我尽力安慰这个可怜的姑娘,问她打算到哪儿去过夜。
10. He did his best to comfort the unfortunate man.
    他尽力安慰那个不幸的人。
11. They are comforting the crying girl.
    他们正在安慰那个哭泣着的姑娘。
12. She went to comfort the wounded.
    她去慰问伤员。
13. The nurse comforted the patient by tidying up his bed.
    护士给病人整理床铺,使他躺得舒适一些。
14. The news comforted her.
    那消息使她得到慰藉。
15. The thought comforted him.
    那个想法使他得到安慰。
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16. The child ran to its mother to be comforted.
    那孩子跑到妈妈的身边以便得到安慰。
17. She will be comforted to learn the news.
    听到这个消息她将得到安慰。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. +that-clause

1. She comforted herself that her husband would be home soon.
   她安慰自己说她的丈夫很快就会回来。

经典引文

• Others applying for comfort to strong liquors.

  出自： Henry Fielding

• She had..a sense of solemn comfort.

  出自： George Eliot

• Let youre hande now therfore be comforted, and be ye stronge.

  出自：Bible (Coverdale): 2 Samuel

• The water..that conforteth and clereth the syght.

  出自： R. Copland

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

be too close for comfort

太…以致让人不舒服、不愉快 be unhappy

cold comfort

使人扫兴的慰藉,算不上什么安慰 so called being comfortable

fond of comfort

喜欢安逸 like being comfortable

in comfort

舒适地 comfortably

take comfort from〔in〕

在…中得到安慰 make one feel better from sth

用作动词 (v.)

comfort for (v.+prep.)

因…而安慰 be comfortable because of sth
comfort sb for sth
The teacher comforts her for her failure in the examination.

老师安慰她,因为她考试失败了。
His friends came to comfort him for his loss.

因为他受了损失,他的朋友们都来安慰他。
The insurance money comforted her for the death of her husband.

保险的金额减轻了她对丈夫去世的哀痛。

comfort with (v.+prep.)

用…安慰某人 make sb feel better with
comfort oneself/sb with sth
We comforted soldiers with gifts.

我们带着礼物慰劳士兵。
She comforted herself with the view that her husband would come back in a few days.

她认为丈夫几天后就会回来的,以此安慰自己。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• find comfort 找到安慰
• provide comfort 提供舒适
• seek comfort 寻求安慰
• take comfort 得到安慰

形容词+～

• cold comfort 不起作用的安慰
• Dutch comfort 没用的安慰
• ordinary comfort 普通的安慰
• spiritual comfort 精神上的安慰

名词+～

• house comforts 家庭的乐趣、舒适
• travel comfort 旅行的舒适

～+名词

• comfort station 公共厕所

介词+～

• in comfort 舒适地
• of comfort 振作

～+介词

• derive comfort from 从…得到安慰
• comfort to 对…的安慰

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• comfort an old man 安慰老人
• comfort a patient 安慰患者
• comfort the wounded 慰问伤员

～+介词

• comfort sb for 因…安慰某人
• comfort sb with 用…安慰

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. comfort作名词时,基本意思是“安乐”“舒适”“无忧无虑”,引申可表示对受苦者的安慰、帮助或仁爱,作此解时是不可数名词。
2. comfort还可作“给予援助或安慰的人或事”解,指某人或某事能够使人得到援助或安慰,引申可表示“使身体舒适、健康或生活舒适的事物”,作此解时是可数名词。

v. (动词)

1. comfort的基本意思是“安慰”“使舒适”,指从积极的方面通过语言或行动给人以希望、温暖、力量等来安慰某人、使别人高兴或减少别人的痛苦、伤悲，后面可接被安慰的人或人体的某个部位。
2. comfort是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。在非正式的书面语中可以带双宾语,直接宾语可以是that引导的从句。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

comfort, console

• 这两个词的共同意思是“安慰”或“使愉快”。其区别是：
• 1.comfort指从道义或精神上通过语言或行动来安慰; console指做些事情以弥补损失。例如:
• Mother's words of love comforted the sobbing child.
• 母亲充满爱意的话安慰了她哭泣的 孩子。
• Console yourself with the thought that it might have been worse!
• 事情本来可能会糟,用这种想法自我 安慰吧!
• 2.就对象来说, comfort一般是别人; console可以是别人,也可以是自己。
• 3.就效果来说, comfort指有时可使其减少忧愁和痛苦,有时可使其振奋和高兴; console则指努力减轻别人的忧伤或暂时忘记忧愁或自我安慰。例如:
• He comforted his back with soft cushions.
• 他靠在软垫上使后背舒适。
• After fire destroyed her house, she con- soled herself with the thought that things might have been worse.
• 大火焚烧了她的房子之后,她自我安 慰说,情况本来可能更糟。
• 4.comfort是日常用语; console则较正式。

comfort, relieve, soothe

• 这三个词都可表示“安慰”。其区别是：
• comfort指用鼓舞、安慰、希望减少别人的痛苦、伤悲; relieve指能暂时减少些痛苦,以便能容易忍受; soothe意思是缓和痛苦,使其镇静一些。例如:
• He always does what he can to comfort those who are in trouble.
• 他总是尽力去安慰处于困境的人。
• This is a drug that relieves headaches.
• 这是一种减轻头痛的药物。
• He'd got very annoyed about it, and it took all her tact to soothe him down.
• 他对此非常生气,她使出各种乖巧的 方法才使他平静下来。

comfort，console，ease，soothe，relieve

• 这些动词均含有“给人以帮助以减轻痛苦或悲伤”之意。
• comfort普通用词，指用语言或行动对痛苦者给予鼓励、勇气和力量，从而减轻其痛苦或悲伤，得到安慰。
• console较正式用词，侧重缓和或减轻别人的痛苦或悲伤。
• ease正式用词，指减轻身心的痛苦、不安和忧虑。
• soothe着重以安慰减轻悲痛、愤怒或激动，使人理智地平静下来。也可指药物等减轻病痛。
• relieve指解除或缓解某人的病痛、担心或忧虑等，常用被动态。

comfort，ease，leisure，relaxation，relief，rest

• 这些名词均含“舒适，安逸、悠闲”之意。
• comfort通常指在摆脱烦人、痛苦的事情，或在要求、愿望得到满足后所感到的舒适。
• ease指因没有担心和忧虑而轻松。
• leisure专指闲暇时间或悠闲状态。
• relaxation强调消除肌肉疲劳或思想的紧张状态，使身心松弛，得到休息。
• relief侧重有消除痛苦、不适或困难的负担，常暗含不利因素已不存在的意味。
• rest与work相对，强调消除身心疲劳，不着重休息方式。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他们生活舒适奢华。

   误 They live at comfort and luxury.

   正 They live in comfort and luxury.

   析 表示“处于某种状态”时,通常用介词in,只有在be at war等少数几个短语中才用at,且大多与be连用。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的confort；最初源自晚期拉丁语的confortare，意为使人在精神上坚强起来。

近反义词

【近义词】

• consolation
• solace
• ease
• luxury
• relation
• rest
• satisfaction

【反义词】

• discomfort
• uncertainty