pity
pity 英 [ˈpɪti] 美 [ˈpɪti]
n. 怜悯，同情 vt. 怜悯，同情
进行时:pitying 过去式:pitied 过去分词:pitied 第三人称单数:pities 名词复数:pities
- If you feel pity, you feel sympathy for someone else's suffering. A documentary on prisoners who have been wrongfully convicted might make you feel pity for them.
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- n. 怜悯，同情
- vt. 怜悯，同情
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1. I took pity on her and lent her the money.
我同情她，就把钱借给了她。
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2. I don't want your pity.
我用不着你可怜。
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3. It's a pity that you can't stay longer.
你不能再多停留些时间，真是可惜。
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4. I've lost it!’ ‘Oh, what a pity.’
“我把东西弄丢了！”“哎呀，真可惜。”
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5. It seems a pityto waste this food.
浪费这些食物真可惜。
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6. Oh, that's a pity.
唉，那可真遗憾。
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7. It would be a great pity if you gave up now.
你要是现在放弃，那就太可惜了。
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8. I pity her having to work such long hours.
她不得不加班加点工作，真让我同情。
- 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.
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