pity是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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。

  • "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."

  • 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。

  • 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。

• 1 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。