pity

['piti]

n.怜悯, 同情, 遗憾, 可惜
v.同情, 怜悯

例句与用法:

He lay helpless in the street under the pitying gaze of the bystanders.

他零零地躺在路边,旁观的人都投以怜悯的目光。

We took pity on the homeless girl and took her into our house.

我们同情这个无家可归的女孩,让她住进了我们的屋子里。

It's a pity that you can't come to the party.

你不能来参加这次聚会,真可惜。

I pity anyone who has to feed a family on such a low income.

我同情任何需要以如此微薄的收入养活全家的人。

词形变化:

副词: pityingly | 名词复数: pities | 动词过去式: pitied | 动词过去分词: pitied | 动词现在分词: pitying | 动词第三人称单数: pities |

详细释义:

n.

1. 怜悯; 同情[U]

The villagers took pity on the hungry travellers and gave them hot food.

村民们很同情饥饿的旅行者, 端出热的食物给他们吃。

She never asked for pity before.

她过去从未乞求怜悯。

2. 可惜的事, 憾事[S][+(that)]

It's a pity he missed the opportunity to travel abroad.

他错过了去国外旅游的机会, 真是可惜。

vt.

怜悯; 同情[W]

We pity the victims of war.

我们同情战争受害者。


短语词组:

for pity's sake

1. 务请

For pity's sake be quiet for a moment and let me finish my paper.

请安静一会, 让我把论文写好。

have/take pity on

1. 怜悯

The old lady often takes pity on small animals.

那位老太太常常怜悯小动物。

more's the pity

1. 遗憾

I won't be able to come to dinner today, more's the pity.

今天我不能赴晚宴, 十分遗憾。

out of pity

1. 出于怜悯

I don't want anybody to help me out of pity.

我不要任何人出于怜悯来帮助我。