consolation
意味
- 慰め,慰安
- 慰めとなるもの(人)
例文
It is a consolation that no one was killed.
誰も死ななかったのは不幸中の幸いでした。
I didn't win, but at least I got a consolation prize.
僕は勝ちはしなかったけど、少なくとも残念賞は貰ったよ。
She turned to her writing of poetry, as a kind of consolation.
彼女はある種の慰めとして詩策に精を出した。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Old French consolacion (French consolatio), from Latin cōnsōlātiō, from the deponent verb cōnsōlor (“I console, encourage”) with the -tiō suffix, while cōnsōlor comprises the intensifying prefix con- with the deponent verb sōlor (“I comfort, console”). Equivalent to console + -ation. Doublet of consolatio.
辞書順で近い単語
consistency consistent consistently console consolidate consonant