pity

英 ['pɪtɪ] 美['pɪti]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词mercy sympathy compassion sorrow

n. 怜悯，同情；遗憾
vt. 对……表示怜悯；对……感到同情

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中文词源

pity 可怜，同情

来自古法语pitet,可怜，同情，怜悯，关切，来自拉丁语pietas,职责，虔诚，笃信宗教，词源同piety,pious.词义演变由虔诚引申为行善，关爱世人，可怜，同情，怜悯等。

词态变化

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

英文词源

pity: pity: [13] Latin pius ‘pious’, an adjective of unknown origin which gave English expiate and pious, had a noun derivative pietās. This has come into English in three distinct forms. First to arrive, more or less contemporaneously, were pity and piety [13], which were borrowed from respectively Old French pite and piete. These both developed from Latin pietās, and were originally synonymous, but they became differentiated in meaning before they arrived in English.

The Italian descendant of the Latin noun was pietà, which English took over in the 17th century as a term for a ‘statue of Mary holding the body of the crucified Christ’. Vulgar Latin *pietantia, a derivative of pietās, meant ‘charitable donation’. It has given English pittance [13].
=> expiate, piety, pious, pittance
pity (n.): early 13c., from Old French pite, pitet "pity, mercy, compassion, care, tenderness; pitiful state, wretched condition" (11c., Modern French pitié), from Latin pietatem (nominative pietas) "piety, loyalty, duty" (see piety). Replaced Old English mildheortness, literally "mild-heartness," itself a loan-translation of Latin misericordia. English pity and piety were not fully distinguished until 17c. Transferred sense of "grounds or cause for pity" is from late 14c.
pity (v.): "to feel pity for," late 15c., from Old French pitier and from pity (n.). Related: Pitied; pitying.

双语例句

1. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.: 她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。

2. Leo went on, his dark eyes wide with pity and concern.: 利奥接着说下去，他的黑眼睛瞪得大大的，充满怜悯和关切。

3. Supposedly his last words to her were: "You must not pity me.": 据说他对她说的最后一句话是：“别怜悯我。”

4. She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.: 她知道自己是朋友们同情的对象。

5. The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.: 可惜的是美国人不打板球。

英英释意

1. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others;: "the blind are too often objects of pity"

2. an unfortunate development;: "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

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

考试真题

Because it's such a pity if you start off on a bright tone on a story and suddenly realize you are talking about some people having been killed in a road crash.

I see now it's a huge pity that they rejected your request, but don't lose hope.

A wise man can live without self-pity.

They must show each other kindness and pity and the many qualities without which life would be very painful unless one chose to live alone in the desert.

This meant, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, dragging his heavy instrument case across the campus to the pitying looks of the non-musicians he had left behind.

Treat others with kindness and pity.

What a pity! You missed the sightseeing, or we would have had a good time together.

实用场景例句

I could only feel pity for what they were enduring.: 对他们所受的苦难我唯有同情而已。

a look/feeling/surge of pity: 怜悯的表情 / 感觉 / 涌动

I took pity on her and lent her the money.: 我同情她，就把钱借给了她。

(formal)I beg you to have pity on him.: 请你可怜可怜他吧。

I don't want your pity.: 我用不着你可怜。

It's a pity that you can't stay longer.: 你不能再多停留些时间，真是遗憾。

‘I've lost it! ’ ‘Oh, what a pity . ’: “我把东西弄丢了！”“哎呀，真可惜。”

What a pity that she didn't tell me earlier.: 真遗憾，她没有早点告诉我。

It seems a pity to waste this food.: 浪费这些食物真可惜。

This dress is really nice. Pity it's so expensive.: 这件连衣裙真不错。只可惜太贵了。

Oh, that's a pity .: 唉，那可真遗憾。

It would be a great pity if you gave up now.: 你要是现在放弃，那就太可惜了。

‘Was the bicycle insured? ’ ‘No, more's the pity! ’: “自行车上保险没有？”“没有。真倒霉！”

He pitied people who were stuck in dead-end jobs.: 他很同情那些工作上毫无前途的人。

Compulsive gamblers are more to be pitied than condemned.: 对嗜赌成瘾者要多些同情，少些谴责。

I pity her having to work such long hours.: 她不得不加班加点工作，真让我同情。

He felt a sudden tender pity for her...: 他突然涌起一股对她的温柔怜悯之情。

She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.: 她知道自己是朋友同情的对象。

I don't know whether to hate or pity him.: 我不知道该恨他，还是该同情他。

It is a great pity 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。

Pity you haven't got your car, isn't it...: 可惜你还没有车，不是吗？

One should avoid showing too much pity...: 一个人应该避免显得太过仁慈。

She saw no pity in their faces.: 她从他们的脸上看不到慈悲。

But my world isn't your world, more's the pity.: 可惜的是，我们是两个世界的人。

'Run, Katherine. For pity's sake run!' he screamed.: “跑，凯瑟琳，快跑！”他尖叫道。

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

The pity is that it was all completely unnecessary...: 遗憾的是这完全没有必要。

The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.: 可惜的是美国人不打板球。

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