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condoling

/kuhn-dohl/US // kənˈdoʊl //UK // (kənˈdəʊl) //

慰问,哀悼,吊唁,悼念

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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
  1. 1

    con·doled, con·dol·ing.

    • : Obsolete. to grieve with.

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Examples

  • After condoling with the bereaved relations, he took his departure from an abode cursed with the presence of a witch's remains.

  • And Miss Furnival rode there also, somewhat in the rear, condoling with the judge as to his wet feet.

  • She had her back to the velveteen husband, she sat close between two strange young men, who were condoling with her.

  • Right across the aisle two ladies were condoling with each other over the respective short-comings of their husbands.

  • Very likely he was off condoling with his friend and fellow conspirator, the caretaker, and I fumed with rage and disappointment.