consolation
- IPA[ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃn]
英式
- the comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment；a person or thing providing consolation
noun: consolation, plural noun: consolations
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名詞
- 1. the comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment there was consolation in knowing that others were worse off
- ▪ a person or thing providing consolation the Church was the main consolation in a short and hard life
- ▪ (in sport) a goal scored at a point when it is no longer possible for the scoring team to win two minutes from time Moore grabbed a consolation goal for the losers
- a prize given to a competitor who just fails to win or who has come last: two hundred runners-up will get a consolation prize I just turned 40 and received a trip to Aspen as a consolation prize
Oxford Dictionary
- a prize given to a competitor who narrowly fails to win or who finishes last: two hundred runners-up will get a consolation prize
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˌkänsəˈlāSH(ə)n]
美式
- the comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment: there was consolation in knowing that others were worse off
Oxford American Dictionary
