Hayley教口語(yǔ)，“于事無(wú)補(bǔ)”用英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)？

cold是冷的意思，comfort是安慰，連起來(lái) , 意思是“不起作用的安慰”。

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If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant.

如果你說(shuō)一個(gè)稍微令人鼓舞的事實(shí)或事件對(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō)是cold comfort，意思就是它給了他們很少或沒有任何安慰，因?yàn)樗麄兊那闆r與之相比仍是非常困難或不愉快的。

The good news about the economy is cold comfort to people who have lost their jobs.

對(duì)于那些失去工作的人來(lái)說(shuō)，經(jīng)濟(jì)方面的好消息并不能給他們帶來(lái)多少安慰。