| 词汇 | cold/small comfort |
| 释义 | cold/small comfortcold/small comfort COMFORT/MAKE somebody FEEL BETTERa small piece of good news that does not make you feel better about a bad situation 不起作用的/小小的安慰 cold/small comfort for/to Another drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort yesterday for the 2.74 million jobless. 昨天通货膨胀率的再次下降对274万失业人员而言起不了安慰的作用。 Examples from the Corpus comfort for/to• Brussels brings cold comfort to sheep farmers.• Precedent, however, suggests that his comments will offer only cold comfort to Mr Jiang and Mr Li.• Mellor's self-styled heroics were cold comfort for his team leader, John Major.• Erratic hot winds kept the air thick with dust, and the fan gave small comfort to the feverish, aching children.• The survival of slimmed-down companies is small comfort for people made redundant.• Rosy statistics on aggregate food production offer small comfort to nations that can not afford a seat at the banquet.• But that will provide small comfort to poor people struggling now to keep their heads above water. → cold/small comfort at comfort1(3) |
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