n. 1.怜悯,同情。 2.可惜的事,憾事。 短语和例子 It is a pity [a thousand pities] that you cannot come. 你不能来真是万分遗憾。 What a pity! 实在可怜!真可惜!The pity of it! 可惜呀!真遗憾!feel pity for 可怜…。 for pity's sake 请可怜可怜。 have [take] pity (up) on=feel pity for. in pity of 因可怜…。 (the) more's the pity 更可惜了,更冤枉了;可惜,不幸。 out of pity 出于哀怜。 vt.,vi. (对…)觉得可怜。 He is to be pitied. 他很值得同情。 I pity you if you think so. 你这样想就太可悲了〔有可耻的意思〕。
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it 同义词:compassion,
an unfortunate development; "it''s a pity he couldn''t do it" 同义词:shame,
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" 同义词:commiseration, ruth, pathos,
share the suffering of 同义词:feel for, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with,
Pity originally means feeling for others, particularly feelings of sadness or sorrow, and was once used in a comparable sense to the more modern words "sympathy" and "empathy". Through insincere usage, it now has more unsympathetic connotations of feelings of superiority or condescension.
例句与用法
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Sudden pity teared his sight . 一股油然而生的怜悯之情使他眼泪汪汪。
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What a pity you won't be around five centuries . 可惜你活不到五百岁。
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She had to steel her heart against pity . 她须硬起心肠以顶住怜悯之情。
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However her pity might give way for moments . 她的怜悯有时会消失。
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It is a thousand pities that you cannot come ... 你不能来真是万分遗憾。
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I pity you if you think so . 你这样想就太可悲了(有可耻的意思)。
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It is a pity that he didn't come to the party . 遗憾的是他没来参加晚会。
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It's a pity lily makes herself so conspicuous . 丽莉这么招摇真是太蠢了。