| 词汇 | pity |
| 释义 | pity noun uk /ˈpɪt.i/ us /ˈpɪt̬.i/ B2[ U ] a feeling of sadness or sympathy for someone else's unhappiness or difficult situation: 同情，怜悯 The girl stood gazing in/with pity at the old lion in the cage.女孩站在那里，同情地盯着笼子里的老狮子。 She agreed to go out with him more out of pity than anything.她同意和他约会，更多的是出于可怜。 These people don't want pity, they want practical help.这些人不要怜悯，他们要的是实际的帮助。 See also self-pitydisapproving A2[ S ]mainly UK If something is described as a pity, it is disappointing or not satisfactory: 遗憾，可惜 "Can't you go to the party? Oh, that's (such) a pity."“你不能参加派对吗？唉，真遗憾。” [ + (that) ]It's a pity (that) children spend so little time outside nowadays.现在的孩子在户外花的时间太少了，真遗憾。 [ + (that) ]Pity (that) you didn't remember to give me the message.真遗憾你忘了把口信告知我。 What a pity you're ill!“你生病了，太遗憾了！” "I called the restaurant, but they're closed tonight." "Pity."“我给餐厅打了电话，但他们今晚关门了。” “真遗憾。” We'll have to leave early, more's the pity (= and I am unhappy about it).我们必须早早离开，太遗憾了。 The pity was that so few people bothered to come.令人遗憾的是没有多少人愿意来。 take pity (on someone) to feel sorry for someone, and to do something that shows this: 同情（某人）并因此作出表示 We took pity on a couple of people waiting in the rain for a bus and gave them a lift.我们同情几个在雨中等公共汽车的人，就让他们搭了车。 It's a pity Christmas has become so commercialized. "She can't come." "What a pity." I was toiling up the hill with four heavy bags when he took pity on me.我正背着4个沉重的袋子艰难地往山上爬，这时他动了恻隐之心。 His heart ached with pity for her.他深深地同情她。 They took pity on the stray cat and fed it.他们可怜那只流浪猫，就给了它些吃的。 Sympathy & compassion aw bad/hard/tough luck!idiom better luck next timeidiom bleeding heart cheese heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heartrending pitiful pitifully pitifulness pityingly poor relate sensitivity sympathetic sympathize sympathy your heart achesidiom your heart goes out to someoneidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Disappointing yourself and others pity verb[ T ] uk /ˈpɪt.i/ us /ˈpɪt̬.i/ C2 to feel sadness or sympathy for someone's unhappiness or bad situation: 同情，怜悯 I pity anyone who's never been in love.我怜悯那些从没有恋爱过的人。 He's deeply unhappy, and more to be pitied than criticized.他及其不快乐，更应该得到怜悯而不是受批评。 I pity you having to put up with her at work!你上班时得忍受着她，我同情你。 Sympathy & compassion aw bad/hard/tough luck!idiom better luck next timeidiom bleeding heart cheese heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heartrending pitiful pitifully pitifulness pityingly poor relate sensitivity sympathetic sympathize sympathy your heart achesidiom your heart goes out to someoneidiom pity | American Dictionarypity noun[ U ] us/ˈpɪt̬·i/ sympathy and understanding for someone else’s suffering or troubles: She did not want his pity. If something is described as a pity, it is a cause for regret: It’s a pity you can’t come to the party. pityverb[ T ]us/ˈpɪt̬·i/ I pity people who have to work with statistics. Examples of pitypity She is to be congratulated on that, or perhaps pitied for it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, any physical or mental weakness is to be pitied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a thousand pities it is to discourage a boy's keen spirit at that age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are people who are under pressure from events and circumstances and are more to be pitied than anything else, and are to be assisted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always felt it was a thousand pities that those talks came to an end at the time and for the reason that they did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Millions of our fellow citizens do not enjoy that freedom, and of them, surely, the aged are the most to be pitied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us leave this aged defeatist and reactionary to the pitying contempt of posterity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know they think that, and, of course, one cannot but respect their feelings, although one pities them for not understanding the matter more thoroughly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it is the sort of transaction which, in the not too recent past, we pitied other countries for having to make. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it would be a thousand pities if we lost that local interest in our educational administration in those areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think everybody will agree it would have been a thousand pities if we had let the contest go by default. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can, of course, proceed with-out them, but it would be a thousand pities if we had to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those conditions, it seems to me to be a thousand pities to abolish this experiment before anything else has been put in its place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not a person, therefore, to be pitied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the great pities is that we did not look at the contraction of this industry in other fields five or six years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pity These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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