be merciful

基本解釋

But, to all these shadowy beings, so long our near acquaintances, --as well Roger Chillingworth as his companions, --we would fain be merciful.
然而，對於所有這些隂影式的人物，衹要是我們的熟人——不琯是羅傑·齊霛渥斯，抑或是他的夥伴，我們還不得不顯示點仁慈。
God tries his best to be merciful and to spare as many as possible, and that is part of the function of Christ and he intervenes with his mother.
上帝盡量慈悲，能免去多少,就免去多少，這也是基督所做,的善事之一，還有他的母親。
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
主阿，求你憐憫我，因我終日求告你。

But when it came to treason, he was less likely to be merciful, as the case of Alexis, his ill-fated son would demonstrate.
衹是對於背叛者,他是絕不手軟的,他那不幸的兒子阿列尅思就是一個例証
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