mercy

柯林斯词典

1. N-UNCOUNT 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. 仁慈; 宽恕
Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy. 双方都没有抓俘虏，也没有表现出丝毫的仁慈。
2. ADJ 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. 善行[journalism] [ADJ n]
She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa. 她在9个月前去西非的慈善之旅中消失不见了。
3. N-COUNT If you refer to an event or a situation as a mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant from happening. 幸运
It really was a mercy that he'd gone so rapidly at the end. 这真幸运，他最后走得那么快。
4. PHRASE 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 from being harmed or affected by the second. 完全由…支配
Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather. 这些建筑物因人为的肆意破坏和日晒雨淋而破败不堪。