comfort

字辨

当动词用:

comfort: 是藉安慰、鼓舞或给与希望以减缓某人的痛苦或悲伤

comfort the mother who has lost her child

console: 指给予愁苦或失望者安慰或同情,以减轻其忧伤悲愁;比comfort较为消极

The music consoles the lonely girl.

solace: 是消除忧愁、无聊、孤独、困难或痛苦的感觉

She solaced herself by playing the violin.

relieve: 指(短暂地)减轻或解除忧虑、愁苦,使更易于忍受

relieve a person from sorrow

soothe: 意为缓和抚慰痛苦或使镇静

soothe the pain of a toothache

字辨

ease: 指免因于困难的工作、痛苦、烦恼和其他压迫的一种安逸轻松的状态

a life of ease in the country

comfort: 指没有紧张、痛苦、困难与不幸的一种快适满足的状态

I want to have comfort in my old age.

词路径

• entity
• abstraction
• abstract entity
• attribute
• state
• condition
• status
• comfort
• comfortableness

上位词

• affluence
• aid
• assist
• assistance
• bed clothing
• bedclothes
• bedding
• condition
• gratification
• help
• ministration
• pleasance
• pleasure
• relief
• richness
• satisfaction
• status
• succor
• succour

下位词

• alleviation
• assuagement
• consolation
• continental quilt
• convenience
• cosiness
• coziness
• duvet
• ease
• eiderdown
• lap of luxury
• patchwork
• patchwork quilt
• relief
• snugness
• solace
• solacement