mercy

merhamet, acıma

Birini affetmeyi, ona zarar vermemeyi veya onu cezalandırmamayı sağlayan merhamet.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Kindness that makes you forgive someone or avoid hurting or punishing them.

• The prisoner begged for mercy.
• The judge showed mercy to the young thief.
• They fought without mercy.

Nasıl kullanılır: have mercy on someone (Please have mercy on him.); show mercy to someone (The ruler showed mercy to the prisoners.)

Eş anlamlılar: compassion, leniency, clemency

Zıt anlamlılar: cruelty

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: show mercy, have mercy, beg for mercy, without mercy

insaf

Başına gelecekleri belirleyen birine veya bir şeye karşı kendini koruyamama durumu.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Being unable to protect yourself from someone or something that controls what happens to you.

• We were at the mercy of the weather.
• The villagers remained at the mercy of the soldiers.
• Without savings, she was at the mercy of her employer.

Nasıl kullanılır: at the mercy of someone/something (The small boat was at the mercy of the waves.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: at the mercy

teselli, şans

Kötü bir durumun acısını veya zorluğunu azaltan, şans sayılan bir şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something that makes a bad situation less painful or difficult.

• It was a mercy that nobody was hurt.
• The cool weather was a small mercy.
• We should be grateful for small mercies.

Nasıl kullanılır: it is a mercy that… (It is a mercy that the children are safe.)

Eş anlamlılar: blessing, relief

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: small mercy, a mercy

merhamet, şefkat

Özellikle zor bir hayat yaşayan insanlara gösterilen anlayış, iyilik ve bağışlayıcılık.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Kindness and forgiveness, especially towards people whose lives are difficult.

• Have mercy on those who are hungry.
• She prayed for forgiveness and mercy.
• His mercy towards the poor inspired others to help.

Nasıl kullanılır: mercy towards someone (They showed mercy towards the homeless.)

Eş anlamlılar: compassion, kindness

Zıt anlamlılar: cruelty

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: have mercy, divine mercy, mercy for someone

insani yardım

Zor durumda olan insanlara yardım etmek amacıyla yapılan yolculuk veya operasyonları nitelemek için kullanılır.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Used to describe a journey or operation to help people in serious need.

• They left on a mercy mission.
• A mercy flight brought medicine to the island.
• Volunteers joined the mercy operation after the flood.

Eş anlamlılar: humanitarian

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: mercy mission, mercy flight, mercy operation

aman, aman tanrım

Şaşırınca veya korkunca söylenen bir ünlem.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: An expression used when you are surprised or frightened.

• Mercy, that gave me a fright!
• Oh, mercy! What a terrible mess!
• Mercy me, how much you have grown!

Eş anlamlılar: goodness, heavens

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: mercy me, oh mercy