| 单词 | mercy killings |
| 释义 | mercy /mûrˈsi/noun
ORIGIN: Fr merci grace, from L mercēs, -ēdis the price paid, wages, later favour merˈciable adjective (Spenser) Merciful merˈciful adjective Full of, or exercising, mercy merˈcifully adverb
merˈcifulness noun merˈcify transitive verb (Spenser, in pap merˈcifide) To deal mercifully with, to pity merˈciless adjective
merˈcilessly adverb merˈcilessness noun mercy flight noun An aircraft flight taking a seriously ill or injured person to hospital when other means of transport are impracticable or unavailable mercy killing noun Killing, esp painlessly, to prevent chronic unrelenting suffering merˈcy-seat noun
at the mercy of Wholly in the power of for mercy (obsolete) or for mercy's sake An earnest conjuration in the form of an appeal to pity leave (a person) to someone's tender mercies or mercy (ironic) To leave (a person) exposed to unpleasant treatment at someone's hands sisters of mercy Members of female religious communities who tend the sick, etc |
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