25．Letter to Mrs. Bixby(1)
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语背诵文选第一册
25．Letter to Mrs. Bixby(1)
Mrs. Bixby,
Boston, Massachusetts,
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department(3) a statement ofthe Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sonswho have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak andfruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile youfrom the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain fromtendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of theRepublic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuagethe anguish 1 of your bereavement 2, and leave you only the cherished memoryof the loved and lost(4), and the solemn pride that must be yours to havelaid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully,
Abraham Lincoln
- She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
- The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。
- the pain of an emotional crisis such as divorce or bereavement 诸如离婚或痛失亲人等情感危机的痛苦
- I sympathize with you in your bereavement. 我对你痛失亲人表示同情。 来自《简明英汉词典》