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. 他突然對她起了溫柔的同情心。
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. 我不知道是該恨他還是該同情他。
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. 遺憾的事[情感]
It is a great pity that all students in the city cannot have the same chances. 很遺憾的是，竝非該市所有學生都能擁有同樣的機會。
It's a pity you've arrived so late in the year. 真遺憾，你這一年來得太遲了。
5. N-UNCOUNT If someone shows pity, they do not harm or punish someone they have power over. 仁慈; 憐憫
Noncommunist forces have some pity toward people here. 非共産主義者的軍隊有些憐憫這裡的人們。
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，沒有哪個女人覺得有必要同情他。
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pity /ˈpɪtɪ/ (pitying,pitied,pities)
剑桥词典
- B2 [ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
- 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，憐憫
The girl stood gazing in/with pity at the old lion in the cage . 女孩站在那裡，同情地盯著籠子裡的老獅子。
She agreed to go out with him more out of pity than anything. 她同意和他約會，更多的是出於可憐。
These people don't want pity, they want practical help . 這些人不要憐憫，他們要的是實際的幫助。
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self-pity
[ 單數名詞 ] mainly UK
If something is described as a pity, it is disappointing or not satisfactory .
遺憾，可惜
"Can't you go to the party ? Oh, that's (such) a pity." “你不能蓡加派對嗎？唉，真遺憾。”
[ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] It's a pity (that) children spend so little time outside nowadays . 現在的孩子在戶外花的時間太少了，真遺憾。
[ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] Pity (that) you didn't remember to give me the message . 真遺憾你忘了把口信告知我。
What a pity you're ill ! “你生病了，太遺憾了！”
"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). 我們必須早早離開，太遺憾了。
The pity was that so few people bothered to come. 令人遺憾的是沒有多少人願意來。
take pity (on sb)
to feel sorry for someone, and to do something that shows this
同情（某人）竝因此作出表示
We took pity on a couple of people waiting in the rain for a bus and gave them a lift . 我們同情幾個在雨中等公共汽車的人，就讓他們搭了車。
I struggled up the steps with my bags until eventually someone took pity and helped me. 我費力地背著包裹上台堦，最後終於有人可憐我幫了我一把。
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