“Consolation” 指“安慰;慰藉”,尤指在失望、悲伤或遭遇挫折后带来的心理安抚与支持。(也可指“安慰之物/安慰奖”等较次要含义。)
/ˌkɑːn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
After the failure, her friends offered her consolation.
失败之后,她的朋友们给了她安慰。
Though he lost the championship, he found some consolation in knowing he had tried his best and improved.
尽管他错失了冠军,但想到自己已尽力并有所进步,他仍得到些许慰藉。
“Consolation” 来自拉丁语 consolari(安慰、使振作),由 *con-*(共同、完全)+ solari(安慰)构成。词义核心是“在他人陪伴与支持下减轻痛苦”。