pity
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT If you feel pity for someone, you feel very sorry for them. 同情心
He felt a sudden tender pity for her. 他突然对她起了温柔的同情心。
2. →see also self-pity
3. V-T If you pity someone, you feel very sorry for them. 同情
I don't know whether to hate or pity him. 我不知道是该恨他还是该同情他。
4. N-SING If you say that it is a pity that something is the case, you mean that you feel disappointment or regret about it. 遗憾的事[情感]
It is a great pity that all students in the city cannot have the same chances. 很遗憾的是，并非该市所有学生都能拥有同样的机会。
It's a pity you've arrived so late in the year. 真遗憾，你这一年来得太迟了。
5. N-UNCOUNT If someone shows pity, they do not harm or punish someone they have power over. 仁慈; 怜悯
Noncommunist forces have some pity toward people here. 非共产主义者的军队有些怜悯这里的人们。
6. PHRASE If you take pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them. 同情
No woman had ever felt the need to take pity on him before. 之前，没有哪个女人觉得有必要同情他。
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pity /ˈpɪtɪ/ (pitying,pitied,pities)
剑桥词典
- B2 [ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]
- 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.
- His heart ached with pity for her.
- They took pity on the stray cat and fed it. 返回 pity
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。
也见 self-pity
[ 单数名词 ] 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。”
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] 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。
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] 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."
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 sb)
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。
I struggled up the steps with my bags until eventually someone took pity and helped me. 我费力地背着包裹上台阶，最后终于有人可怜我帮了我一把。
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