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N-UNCOUNT
仁慈;憐憫;寬恕
If someone in authority shows mercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish.
例句
Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy...
雙方都沒有抓俘虜，也沒有表現出絲毫的心慈手軟。
They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter...
他們哭喊著請求寬恕，可是他們的懇求卻遭到了謾罵和嘲笑。
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ADJ
慈善的;救援的
Mercy is used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war.
例句
She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa...
9個月前她在去西非的慈善之旅中消失了。
It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
美國人一直在等人坐滿一架747飛機，這便是第一次為期兩周的所謂慈善飛行。
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N-COUNT
幸運;僥幸
If you refer to an event or situation as a mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant happening.
例句
It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end...
他最后去得那么快，真是謝天謝地。
The two cars finished up in a run-off area, clear of the circuit, and that was a mercy.
兩輛車最后都停在了緩沖區，避開了賽車道，真是萬幸。
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PHRASE
完全由…支配;任由…擺布
If one person or thing is at the mercy of another, the first person or thing is in a situation where they cannot prevent themselves being harmed or affected by the second.
例句
Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather...
建筑物因人為的肆意破壞及日曬雨淋而日益破敗。
The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.
皇帝必須意識到我們任由他處置。
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PHRASE
為壞情況沒有變得更糟而慶幸
If you tell someone who is in an unpleasant situation that they should be grateful or thankful for small mercies, you mean that although their situation is bad, it could be even worse, and so they should be happy.
例句
But so low has morale sunk that the team and the fans would have been grateful for small mercies.
士氣如此低沉，一丁點的好運都會讓隊員和球迷慶幸不已。
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PHRASE
聽憑…發落
If you throw yourself on someone's mercy, you put yourself in a situation where they will have complete power to decide how to treat you, for example whether to punish or forgive you.
例句
He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.
他準備聽憑法庭發落。