pity

['piti]

n.怜悯, 同情, 遗憾, 可惜
v.同情, 怜悯

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。

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 |

词义辨析

同义:

n.怜悯; 同情

sympathy  sorrow  compassion  mercy  

同义参见:

feeling  quarter  bleed  clemency  sympathize  

英英释义

名词 pity:

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

同义词：commiseration, ruth, pathos

an unfortunate development

同义词：shame

the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

同义词：compassion

动词 pity:

share the suffering of

同义词：feel for, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with

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。

补充

pitypity英:[ˈpiti] 美:[ˈpɪti]n.1.怜悯, 同情The beggar's story excited my pity.这乞丐的经历激起我的怜悯。2.可惜的事; 憾事It's a pity to be kept in the house in so fine weather.这样好的天气待在家里实在太可惜了。It's a pity that he can't come.很遗憾他不能来。vt.1.同情; 怜悯He shook his head sorrowfully, pitying himself for what had been done to him.他悲伤地摇摇头, 为自己的遭遇而自怜。2.觉得…可鄙I pity you if you can't answer such a simple question!你要是回答不了这样一个简单的问题, 我真为你感到可鄙！

例句

1. She felt no pity for him, only revulsion.她对他毫无同情, 只有厌恶。 2. Have pity on him. He has alcoholic problems.可怜可怜他吧。他有酗酒问题。 3. No woman had ever felt the need to take pity on him before.以前从来没有女人觉得要同情他。 4. A man who spoke English took pity on us and translated for us.一名说英语的男子看我们可怜, 便为我们翻译。 5. It's a pity that not all pupils get the same chances to learn music.可惜并不是所有小学生都同样有机会学习音乐。 6. What a pity you can't come!你不能来真遗憾啊！ 7. For pity's sake, leave him alone.请行行好, 放过他吧。 8. But my world isn't your world, more's the pity.但是可惜的是, 我们属于不同的世界。 9. The pity is that this row has blown up just as everyone was hoping that peace would prevail.遗憾的是, 就在大家盼着能和解时, 争执已经爆发了。 10. Widows do not need to be pitied but they do need our support.寡妇不需要同情, 但她们的确需要我们的支持。 11. I don't know whether to hate or pity him.我不知道是应该恨他还是可怜他。 12. Survivors of the disaster who lost their relatives are much to be pitied.灾难中丧失亲人的幸存者真是值得同情。 13. We will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy to the enemy.对敌人我们不会同情，不会宽恕，也不会发慈悲。 14. her voice was full of pity.她的声音充满了同情。 15. what a pity we can't be friends.真遗憾我们不能成为朋友。 16. Clare didn't know whether to envy or pity them.克莱尔不知道该羡慕还是同情他们。 17. [as adj. pitying]he gave her a pitying look.他同情地看了她一眼。 18. the old couple took pity on him and gave him food.这对老夫妇同情他，给他东西吃。 19. The situation is his fault so I don't feel any pity for him.这境况是他自己造成的，因此我毫不可怜他。 20. It's a pity that Bina couldn't come.比娜来不了，真遗憾。 21. We shouldn't just pity these people; we must help them.对这些人我们不应该仅仅表示同情，我们还必须帮助他们。 22. She has had a hard life and deserves your pity.她曾生活艰辛，值得同情。 23. I felt deep pity for the lost dog.那条狗失踪了，我深感可惜。 24. It's a pity [=shame] you can't go. = pity (that) you can't go. [=I'm sorry that you can't go]你不能去，真是可惜。 25. "I'll be out of town on that day—a (great) pity, since I'd love to see you."那天我要出城——真是件憾事，因为我很想见你。 26. "He didn't live to see his daughter grow up, and that's a pity."他没有活到看到女儿长大，真是件憾事。 27. "“Did you get to see her before she left?” “No, more's the pity.” [=I regret that I didn't get to see her]"“她离开前，你见着她了吗？”“没有，真不幸。” 28. I took pity on the stray cat and fed him.我同情那只流浪猫，喂养了它。 29. I pity anyone who has to work at that place.我同情任何不得不在那个地方干活的人。