pity
英 [ˈpɪti] 美 [ˈpɪti]

n.

怜悯；同情；可惜的事；憾事

vt.

对…表示怜悯；对…感到同情；

变形

复数：pities过去式：pitied过去分词：pitied现在分词：pitying第三人称单数：pities

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U]怜悯,同情 sympathy and solo for sb's suffering or unhappiness
2. [S]可惜的事,憾事 a sad, unfortunate, inconvenient state of affairs; shame

v.(动词)

1. vt. 同情; 怜悯 feel pity for sb/sth
2. vt. 觉得…可鄙 feel contempt for sb

英英释义

pity[ 'piti ]

• n.
  • a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

    "the blind are too often objects of pity"

    同义词：commiserationruthpathos

  • an unfortunate development

    "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

    同义词：shame

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

    同义词：compassion

• v.share the suffering of

  同义词：feel forcompassionatecondole withsympathize with

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• arouse pity引起同情
• feel pity感到同情
• have pity on〔upon〕怜悯…,同情…
• show pity表示同情
• take pity on〔upon〕同情…,怜悯…

形容词+～

• deep pity深切的同情
• false pity假同情
• great pity极大的遗憾
• profound pity深切的同情
• real pity真诚的同情

介词+～

• in pity of因为可怜
• sense of pity怜悯之情
• out of pity出于同情
• with pity怀着同情之心
• without pity毫无同情之心

～+介词

• pity for对…的同情
• pity for the poor对穷人的同情

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• pity the poor sailors同情倒霉的水手
• pity the survivors of the disaster同情灾难的幸存者

～+副词

• pity sincerely真诚地同情

词组短语

what a pity多可惜啊

pity for v. 怜悯某人

out of pity出于同情；出于怜悯

have pity on怜悯，同情

take pity on怜悯，同情

同近义词辨析

pity, sympathy, compassion, mercy

这组词都有“同情、怜悯”的意思，其区别是：

pity指对弱者、不幸者所表示的怜惜之情。

sympathy普通常用词，含义广。指志趣、看法上的一致，也指感情相投，带有深深的恻隐之心的亲切之情。

compassion较正式较庄重用词，指对同等人的同情与理解，常含急切愿意帮忙的意味。

mercy侧重指对应受惩罚或地位卑下者的慈悲或怜悯。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The old lady often takes pity on small animals.
   那位老太太常常怜悯小动物。
2. He remained unmoved by her entreaties for pity.
   他未因她恳求怜悯而动心。
3. We took pity on the homeless girl and took her into our house.
   我们同情这个无家可归的女孩，让她住进了我们的屋子里。
4. I helped her out of love, not out of pity.
   我帮助她是出于爱，而不是出于同情。
5. It's a pity I have to get back to the grindstone.
   遗憾的是我不得不回去工作。
6. It's a pity that you can't come to the party.
   你不能来参加这次聚会，真可惜。

用作动词(v.)

1. I pity anyone who has to feed a family on such a low income.
   我同情任何需要以如此微薄的收入养活全家的人。
2. He lay helpless in the street under the pitying gaze of the bystanders.
   他零零地躺在路边，旁观的人都投以怜悯的目光。

权威例句

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