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单词 be cold comfort
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be cold comfort

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When being told aparticularthing about abadsituationiscoldcomfort, it does not make youfeelbetteralthoughit isintendedto.
无法令人觉得欣慰；于事无补
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(Definition ofbe cold comfortfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • But it was cold comfort to know that the desire to give and to receive love had twice over left her—a dead woman.
  • He tried to comfort himself by the exercise of his usual philosophy, but it was cold comfort.
  • It is cold comfort for a hungry man, to tell him how delightfully his wife plays and sings.
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