名詞 cold comfort:

1. very limited consolation or empathy

1. It is cold comfort to know that others are ill too.
   即使知道人家也在患病，也不成為安慰。
2. The loss could have been heavier, but that was cold comfort.
   這次損失不算太重，但那并不值得高興。
3. John failed the exam, it was cold comfort to him to be told that he could take a make-up exam next semester.
   約翰考試不及格，告訴他下學期可以補考只是徒增他的煩惱而已。
4. After losing my job it was cold comfort to be told I'd won the office raffle.
   我失去工作以後，聽說我抽中了公司的獎券，有同畫餅。