词汇精选：console的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

控制台，操纵台，仪表板 [C]

例句：

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

这个控制台能够人工干预和监控计算机的运行。

例句：

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

它的中心部件是位于地面两级台阶之上的调度台上的通讯控制板。

v.

安慰，慰问，慰藉 [T]

例句：

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

难道我连用天才安慰一下自己的权利也不该有吗？

例句：

Nothing could console him when his pet dog died.

他的爱犬死后，什么事情也不能使他宽慰。

二、词义辨析：

comfort,console,ease,soothe,relieve

这些动词均含有“给人以帮助以减轻痛苦或悲伤”之意。comfort普通用词，指用语言或行动对痛苦者给予鼓励、勇气和力量，从而减轻其痛苦或悲伤，得到安慰。console较正式用词，侧重缓和或减轻别人的痛苦或悲伤。ease正式用词，指减轻身心的痛苦、不安和忧虑。soothe着重以安慰减轻悲痛、愤怒或激动，使人理智地平静下来。也可指药物等减轻病痛。relieve指解除或缓解某人的病痛、担心或忧虑等，常用被动态。

三、相关短语：

console table

n. (用支架托住螺形脚的)桌案(一种古式家具)

四、参考例句：

I tried to console her, but in vain.

我试著去安慰她，但是失败了。

Nothing could console him when his pet dog died.

他的爱犬死后，什么事情也不能使他宽慰。

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

我有一台25英寸映像管的落地式电视机。

But I had no idea how to console poor Bobo.

但是我不知道怎么来安慰可怜的波波。

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

一定要清理干净杂物格、后备箱、驾座前台、前座前台及后座等位置。

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

心力衰竭时，我安慰自己，这一切都会过去。

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

几名护士坐在灯光闪烁、监听器嘟嘟作响的控制台前。

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

她母亲去世时我们设法安慰她，但很难奏效。

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

这个控制台能够人工干预和监控计算机的运行。

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

他只能读读同胞们成功的故事来安慰自己。