A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job.
对数百万失业者来说，通货膨胀率的微降是不起什么作用的安慰。
1.敷衍人的安慰
1.something that makes a difficult situation slightly better but not much better
1.John failed the exam, it was cold comfort to him to be told that he could take a make-up exam next semester.
约翰考试不及格，告诉他下学期可以补考只是徒增他的烦恼而已。
2.Of course, the Fed is still likely a year or more away from implementing an exit strategy, but even that's cold comfort.
当然，时距美联储采行退场策略可能还有一年，甚或更长的时间，但并无法令人感到安心。
3.And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change?
那么他们是否让您用自己的英雄换成鬼魂？热灰换成树木？炽热的空气换成冰冷的微风？漠然的舒适换成改变？
4.Just as we're losing Dr. White, we readers are rewarded with the cold comfort of the truth about the murder.
我们最终得知了事实的真相，怀特医生确实是凶手，但这并未使读者们得到任何的安慰。
5.But eventuality can be cold comfort in an era when tomorrow is radically different from today and unrecognizable compared with yesterday.
但是在一个明天同今天根本不同并且根本无法与昨天相比的时代，最终结果只是一种冷冰冰的安慰罢了。
6.The happy ending is cold comfort: a ruck of bony children trying to sleep in a shantytown.
书中的快乐结局也没有带给人多少安慰：一群瘦巴巴的小孩在贫民区中设法安睡。
7.After losing my job, it was cold comfort to be told I'd won the office raffle.
我失去工作以后，听说我抽中了公司的奖券，有同画饼。
8.The fact that researchers have sequenced the genomes of all 99 strains of the human rhinovirus is cold comfort for my raw nose.
研究人员已经对所有99种已知鼻病毒的基因组完成了排序。不过这个事实并不能对我发痛的鼻子带来什么帮助。
9.Cold Comfort: You and nearby allies protected by endure elements.
寒冷慰藉：你和身边的盟友受到“忍耐环境”的保护。
10.True, it's not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that's cold comfort.
没错，这并不是上世纪三十年代“大萧条”的重演，但即便这样，也是不过是一种冷漠的安慰而已。