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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

pity

英  [ˈpɪti]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1. [U 不可数名词] 同情心

    If you feel pity for someone, you feel very sorry for them.

    双语例句

    例：

    He felt a sudden tender pity for her.

    他突然对她起了温柔的同情心。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 遗憾的事

    If you say that it is a pity that something is the case, you mean that you feel disappointment or regret about it.

    双语例句

    例：

    It is a great pity that all students in the city cannot have the same chances.

    很遗憾，并非该市所有学生都能拥有同样的机会。

    例：

    It's a pity you've arrived so late in the year.

    真遗憾，你这一年来得太迟了。

    3. [U 不可数名词] 仁慈 , 怜悯

    If someone shows pity, they do not harm or punish someone they have power over.

    双语例句

    例：

    Noncommunist forces have some pity towards people here.

    非共产主义者的军队有些怜悯这里的人。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • take pity on someone

    1. 同情

    If you take pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them.

    双语例句

    例：

    No woman had ever felt the need to take pity on him before.

    之前，没有哪个女人觉得有必要同情他。

    VERB. 动词

  • pities , pitying , pitied

    1. [T 及物动词] 同情

    If you pity someone, you feel very sorry for them.

    双语例句

    例：

    I don't know whether to hate or pity him.

    我不知道是该恨他还是该同情他。

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