pity

单词辨析:

sympathy compassion pity 【导航词义:同情】
sympathy n. 同情,怜悯
〔辨析〕

普通用词,表示对他人遭遇、境况等的同情、怜惜,含有感同身受的意味,作此义解时常后接介词 for。

〔例证〕

She showed her sympathy for the lonely man.

她非常同情这个孤独的男人。

She used her sob story to gain sympathy from the press.

她用自己的悲伤故事赢得新闻界的同情。

Gorky had great sympathy for the poor and the down-trodden.

高尔基非常同情穷人和受压迫者。

compassion n. 怜悯,同情
〔辨析〕

较正式用词,指对他人不幸遭遇的同情和怜悯,含愿意提供帮助之意。

〔例证〕

They had much compassion for the widow who moved here last Friday.

他们很同情上周五搬来这里的那个寡妇。

I feel a measure of compassion for the woman.

我对那个女人怀有一定程度的同情。

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

同情是一切道德的基础。

pity n. 怜悯,同情
〔辨析〕

指对弱者、不幸者的苦难、困境等表示的怜悯。

〔例证〕

She felt pity for a man suffering so much.

她对那个受过那么多痛苦的人感到同情。

I listened to his sad story with pity.

我同情地听他讲述他的悲惨故事。

I detected a note of pity in her voice.

我觉察到她的话音里带着同情。

He looked so exhausted that his friends started to take pity on him.

他看上去如此疲惫不堪,他的朋友们开始同情他了。

相关例句:

Leo went on, his dark eyes wide with pity and concern.

利奥接着说下去,他的黑眼睛瞪得大大的,充满怜悯和关切。

'What a pity,' Graham said with a hint of sarcasm

“太遗憾了,”格雷厄姆略带挖苦地说道。

Don't take pity on evil people!

不要怜惜恶人!

The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.

可惜的是美国人不打板球。

She saw no pity in their faces.

她从他们的脸上看不到慈悲。

What a pity!

真可惜!