pity的名词

1. 怜悯
2. 同情
3. 遗憾
4. 憾事
5. 可惜的事
6. 美中不足

1. 同情
2. 怜悯
3. 怜惜
4. 为...着想
5. 觉得…可鄙

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

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

1.同情；怜悯；可怜
If you feelpity for someone, you feel very sorry for them.

e.g. He felt a sudden tenderpity for her...
他突然涌起一股对她的温柔怜悯之情。
e.g. She knew that she was an object ofpity among her friends.
她知道自己是朋友同情的对象。

2.同情；怜悯；可怜
If youpity someone, you feel very sorry for them.

e.g. I don't know whether to hate orpity him.
我不知道该恨他，还是该同情他。

3.可惜的事；遗憾的事
If you say that it isa pity that something is the case, you mean that you feel disappointment or regret about it.

e.g. It is a greatpity that all pupils in the city cannot have the same chances...
非常遗憾的是，在这个城市里，并非所有的学生都能获得同样的机会。
e.g. Pity you haven't got your car, isn't it...
可惜你还没有车，不是吗？

4.仁慈；慈悲
If someone showspity, they do not harm or punish someone they have power over.

e.g. One should avoid showing too muchpity...
一个人应该避免显得太过仁慈。
e.g. She saw nopity in their faces.
她从他们的脸上看不到慈悲。

5.不幸的是；遗憾的是
If you addmore's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.

e.g. But my world isn't your world, more's thepity.
可惜的是，我们是两个世界的人。

6.（尤在恼怒或不快时用于强调）行行好，发发慈悲吧
You can sayfor pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.

e.g. 'Run, Katherine. Forpity's sake run!' he screamed.
“跑，凯瑟琳，快跑！”他尖叫道。

7.对…表示同情；对…表示怜悯
If youtake pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them.

e.g. No woman had ever felt the need to takepity on him before.
以前从没有女性觉得他需要同情。

8.（用于强调）可惜的是，遗憾的是
If you saythe pity is that, orthe pity of it is that, before a comment, you are emphasizing your disappointment or regret about something.

e.g. Thepity is that it was all completely unnecessary...
遗憾的是这完全没有必要。
e.g. Thepity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.
可惜的是美国人不打板球。

for pity's sake

请发发慈悲吧 please be merciful

more's the pity

〈非正〉不幸地,遗憾地 unfortunately

out of pity

出于同情 helping sb because one feels pity

pity in (v.+prep.)

可怜…,同情… feel pity for sb/sth
pity sb in sth

Pity us in our distress.

可怜可怜我们的苦难吧。

The fellow doesn't pity anyone in their distress.

这家伙不同情任何人的苦难。

• Pity for that forlorn figure.

  出自：P. Auster

• The humiliation Klein experienced..was so intense that other members were moved to pity.

  出自：P. Grosskurth

• Her sisters were to be pitied for the awfulness of their lives.

  出自：S. Hastings

• I must not pity myself.

  出自：U. Holden

她对穷人总是抱着同情心。

误 She is always filled with a pity for poor people.

正 She is always filled with pity for poor people.

你们不能接受我的邀请,真是遗憾。

误 It's pity that you can't accept my invitation.

正 It's a pity that you can't accept my invitation.

真可惜,你当时没和我们在一起!

误 What pity you were not with us!

正 What a pity you were not with us!

析 pity是抽象名词,前面一般不加a。但当表示“可惜的事,憾事”或用于感叹句等特殊句型时,前面应该加a。

他怜悯那只无家可归的动物。

误 He took a pity on the homeless animal.

正 He took pity on the homeless animal.

析 have〔take〕 pity on是固定短语, pity 前无冠词。

这个女孩多可怜!

误 What a pity girl she was!

正 What a piteous girl she was!

析 pity一般不修饰名词作定语,须改用其同根形容词piteous。