pity的意思
pity
基本释义
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n
怜悯,同情;遗憾
used to show that you are disappointed about something and you wish things could happen differently
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v
对……表示怜悯;对……感到同情
to feel sorry for someone because they are in a very bad situation
例句
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It’s a great pity Joyce wasn’t invited.
乔伊斯没有受到邀请太遗憾了。
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I like Charlie. Pity he had to marry that awful woman.
我喜欢查利,遗憾的是他得和那个糟糕的女人结婚。
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A pity we can’t find the guy who did it.
真遗憾我们找不到那个干了这件事的家伙。
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
近义词
n 怜悯,同情;遗憾
同根词
adj
pitiful 可怜的,令人同情的、pitiable 可怜的、pitiless 冷酷的,无情的;无同情心的、pitying 同情的;怜悯的
adv
pitifully 可怜地,令人怜悯地;可恨地、pitiably 可怜地;卑劣地、pitilessly 无情地;冷酷地、pityingly 同情地;怜惜地
n
pitilessness 无情;冷酷
v
pitying 同情(pity的ing形式)