condole
/kuhn-dohl/US // kənˈdoʊl //UK // (kənˈdəʊl) //
吊唁,慰问品,吊唁者,慰问金
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v.无主动词 verb
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con·doled, con·dol·ing.
- : to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief: to condole with a friend whose father has died.
v.有主动词 verb
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con·doled, con·dol·ing.
- : Obsolete. to grieve with.
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Examples
First, he would "improve the occasion" to the surviving relatives—condole and pray with them.
Mrs Fred was sitting in state, in the pomp of woe, to receive all the compassionate people who might come to condole with her.
He could not have congratulated her in the one case, nor could he either congratulate her or condole with her on the other.
They then asked for licence to condole with Mary, and he answered he was well content.
Mrs. Alexander tip-toed in and immediately began to condole with him.
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