詞彙精選：console的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

控制檯，操縱檯，儀表板 [C]

例句：

The console provides the capability for manual intervention and the monitoring of computer operations.

這個控制檯能夠人工干預和監控計算機的運行。

例句：

Its centerpiece was a communications console on a dais two steps above floor level.

它的中心部件是位於地面兩級臺階之上的調度臺上的通訊控制板。

v.

安慰，慰問，慰藉 [T]

例句：

Don't I have the right to console myself a little by thinking I'm a genius?

難道我連用天才安慰一下自己的權利也不該有嗎？

例句：

Nothing could console him when his pet dog died.

他的愛犬死後，什麼事情也不能使他寬慰。

二、詞義辨析：

comfort,console,ease,soothe,relieve

這些動詞均含有“給人以幫助以減輕痛苦或悲傷”之意。comfort普通用詞，指用語言或行動對痛苦者給予鼓勵、勇氣和力量，從而減輕其痛苦或悲傷，得到安慰。console較正式用詞，側重緩和或減輕別人的痛苦或悲傷。ease正式用詞，指減輕身心的痛苦、不安和憂慮。soothe着重以安慰減輕悲痛、憤怒或激動，使人理智地平靜下來。也可指藥物等減輕病痛。relieve指解除或緩解某人的病痛、擔心或憂慮等，常用被動態。

三、相關短語：

console table

n. (用支架托住螺形腳的)桌案(一種古式傢俱)

四、參考例句：

I tried to console her, but in vain.

我試著去安慰她，但是失敗了。

Nothing could console him when his pet dog died.

他的愛犬死後，什麼事情也不能使他寬慰。

I have a console model with a 25-inch picture tube.

我有一臺25英寸映像管的落地式電視機。

But I had no idea how to console poor Bobo.

但是我不知道怎麼來安慰可憐的波波。

Be sure to get to clear out these areas: the glove compartment, trunk, driver side console, front passenger console and the backseat.

一定要清理乾淨雜物格、後備箱、駕座前臺、前座前臺及後座等位置。

When I am heavy with heartache I shall console myself that this too shall pass.

心力衰竭時，我安慰自己，這一切都會過去。

Several nurses sat before a console of flickering lights and bleeping monitors.

幾名護士坐在燈光閃爍、監聽器嘟嘟作響的控制檯前。

We tried to console her when her mother died, but it was very difficult.

她母親去世時我們設法安慰她，但很難奏效。

The console provides the capability for manual intervention and the monitoring of computer operations.

這個控制檯能夠人工干預和監控計算機的運行。

He will have to console himself by reading about the success of his compatriots.

他只能讀讀同胞們成功的故事來安慰自己。