pity
美 [ˈpɪti] 
英 ['pɪtɪ]
- v.怜悯；可怜；同情
- n.怜悯；同情；（用于表示失望）遗憾
- 网络可惜；憾事；遗憾的事
词形变化
第三人称单数：pities 现在分词：pitying 过去式：pitied
英汉双解
1. | [u] ~ (for sb/sth) 同情；怜悯a feeling of sympathy and sadness caused by the suffering and troubles of others |
| 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。 |
| 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。 |
2. | [sing] a ~ (that…) （用于表示失望）遗憾，可惜used to show that you are disappointed about sth |
| 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。 |
1. | 同情；怜悯；可怜to feel sorry for sb because of their situation; to feel pity for sb |
| 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。 |
习惯用语
mores the pity
| ‘Was the bicycle insured?’ ‘No, more's the pity!’ “自行车上保险没有？”“没有。真倒霉！” |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
As a friend, I really feel this kind of thing for quite a pity that such a beautiful girl may put an end to a life of its own well-being.
作为朋友，我真的挺为这种事情感到可惜，一个这么漂亮的女孩可能因此葬送了自己一生的幸福。
She shot Raine a glance. Was that jealousy in her eyes? Envy? Pity?
她瞥了一下雷恩，那眼神是中是妒忌吗？羡慕？怜悯？
I am very grateful to him for that. It was a pity that I couldn't do anything for him but took some photos of them.
为此我非常感激他，遗憾的是，我除了为他们照了几张照片，什么也不能为他们做。
I thought it a pity not to have invited him.
我没有请他感到很遗憾。
I think it a pity that I shall never have chance to see her.
我认为，我再也不会有机回去看她了，真是遗憾。
It is a pity, but in that case he does not matter a great deal anyhow, and it would be silly to bother about him.
这是个遗憾，不过在那种情况下，他总归不再有多重要了，为之而烦恼将是愚蠢的。
He said that there were "remarkably few" female chief executives in the financial sector and that it is "a great pity" .
他表示在金融部门女性高管“明显地少”，这非常可惜。
"Its a pity that the gypsum ceiling and its patterns were all painted white during the renovation, " says Yu.
可惜的是那些石膏的天花板以及它的图案都在重新装修中被油漆成了白色。
To be reborn as a dog or to slander the teacher, either way, is quite a pity!
无论转世为狗，还是辱骂上师，都是十分可怜的。
(stops Devil from cursing) Wait a moment, Daddy, he looks pretty handsome, it would be a pity to turn him into an owl.
（拦下魔王欲施咒的手）等一下，老爹，他长得还不错哦。就这样变成猫头鹰太可惜了啊。
But the leper entreated him, and prayed of him, till the Star-Child had pity, and gave him the piece of white gold.
可是麻风病人苦苦的哀求他，直到星孩彻底同情他，并把那块白金给了他。
And these memories running through his mind evoked no feelings in him, no pity, ill-will or desire of any kind.
这些记忆贯穿在他心中激起任何感情，可惜没有恶意，或将任何欲望。
But public response invariably implies pity, as if it's a fall from grace.
而公众对此的反应总是显露出几分惋惜之情，就似乎她们失宠了一样。
He thought himself in a sepulchre , into which a ray of sunlight in pity scarcely penetrated.
他以为自己是躺在一个坟墓里，一缕阳光象一道怜悯的眼光似的从外面透进来。
However, it is a pity that there are no uniform recognition on how the concept of earnings quality came into being and how to assess them.
然而令人遗憾的是，目前对于收益质量，学术界还没有形成统一的定义，更没有一套公认的收益质量评价体系。
He began to pity himself, but a sense of the absurdity of his thoughts made him smile.
他开始可怜自己，但又感觉到自己的想法荒谬而微笑了。
I could tell you so much more, but instead let me share one last insight. Don't pity me or try to cure or change me.
我还想再说点儿，但是今天在这里，我再说这最后一件：请不要怜悯我，也不要试图治愈或者改变我。
He thought it a great pity not to have invited her.
他认为没有邀请她是一大遗憾。
Guleesh had double pity for her then, when he saw the lad taking her by the soft white hand, and drawing her out to dance.
公主别开脸，不搭理他，他却依然牵起她洁白柔嫩的小手，把她拉到舞池里。
The pity of it was that even the least exacting husband should so often desire something more piquant than goodness.
但遗憾的是，即使是最不挑剔的丈夫也时常会渴望一点更为活泼有趣的东西，而不仅仅是善良。
He began to pity himself, but a sense of the absurdity of his thoughts made him smile.
他开始可怜自己，但又感觉到自己的想法荒谬而微笑了。
She felt a terrible pain at her heart as she considered all she had gone through, her strength fell away, and, overcome by pity for herself.
当她考虑着她经历的一切时，她心上感到一阵剧痛，她的力量消失了，她为自怜自哀的心潮所淹没。
She could not have borne their pity, and their whispered remarks to one another upon her strange situation.
她不愿意受他们的怜悯，更不愿意看他们互相耳语，议论自己的奇特身世。
If she has simply allowed him to trample upon her I didn't know that I shall even pity her.
要是她听任他把她踹在脚下，我甚至不会可怜她。
It would be a pity not to let your mind flower.
你的才华得不到发挥的机会实在是太可惜了。
His heart was full of pity for her.
他心里对她充满了怜恤。
Sissy had suddenly turned her head, and looked, in wonder, in pity, in sorrow.
西丝忽然转过头来，表情惊讶、怜悯而悲愁。
His eye rested on her, filled with grief and pity.
他的眼睛凝视着她，充满了悲哀和同情。
What a pity we could not follow the course of the Nile for a few more hours.
可惜我没能在尼罗河上再多飞几个钟头。
It even seemed a pity that the sprightly young man Michael Mont would not have a view.
连那个活泼的年轻人马吉尔·孟特也没有能见到似乎有点遗憾。
Is it not a pity that she was not on my level?
她和我的地位不一样，这难道不可惜吗？
"I pity your country ignorance from my heart, " cries the lady.
那位太太叫着说：“我打心里可怜你这乡下人的愚昧无知！”
They showed their enemies pity and kindness.
他们竟对他们的敌人表示怜悯。
It was a pity that her spelling was so bad.
美中不足的是，她常常把字写错。
What a pity you won't be around five centuries.
可惜你活不到五百岁。
I pity you both from my soul.
我从心底里怜悯你们两人。
It is true that we often forget our true selves in the busy pursuit of living; it is a pity that we do not know who we are anymore.
的确，我们常常忘记在我们的生活忙碌的追求真实的自我，这是很可惜，我们不知道我们是谁了。
Perhaps you may say that it would be rather a pity if Christian education were to cease, because you would then get no more Rationalists.
有人或许会说，停止基督教教育实在是一件很可惜的事情，因为那样的话你就只不过是个理性主义者了。
He took pity on the courageous snake, and kept him from entering the flames.
他同情这条勇敢的蛇，阻止他爬进火里。
Surely, he reasoned, sniffling quietly, surely somebody here would take pity on him if he walked to the door and calmly asked for some food.
他轻轻抽抽鼻子，确信，如果自己走到那扇门前，说话很和气地要些吃的，小屋里的人，会同情地施舍给他的。
Yet, there was an air about him that was not all of pity--that had a flush of pride in it.
但他脸上却有一种并非完全是怜悯的神气，其中泛着骄傲的红晕。
I consider it a pity for you not to have attended our party.
我认为你没参加我们的聚会真是遗憾。（宾语）
They thought it a pity not to have invited them .
他们认为没有邀请他们是令人遗憾的。
The pity of it is that an intelligent man appears to have been seduced by the sound of his own voice.
此事的遗憾之处在于---一个这么聪明的人，似乎陶醉在自己的浮夸巨辞里。
world has no sympathy with any but ~ griefs; it well pity you for what you lose, but never for what you lack.
世人只对真正的不幸怀有同情。人们会为你所失去的表示同情，但从不为你所缺乏的表示怜悯。
It would be a pity if your two children were to have their lives ruined by such an accident as this.
你的两个孩子要是为这样意外事情把他们的一生糟蹋了，那未免可惜啦。
As long as it's just a rogue, though, and not a systemic cultural issue, then the response is far more likely to be pity than anger.
但只要它仅仅是一个流氓，而非系统性的文化问题，其造成的反应极有可能是怜悯，而非愤怒。
A pity I couldn't close it out in three, but I'm happy the way I played in the end, and that was a good feeling to have.
很可惜不能三盘结束战斗，但最后我的发挥我还是满意的，感觉不错。
In pity for the desolate side spring leaves to it a kiss that fluttered in a lonely leaf.
为了怜惜那荒凉的树枝，春天留给它曾在一片孤叶里震动过的一吻。
It's a great pity for you to be an air hostess.
您往当空姐是一件非常令人遗憾的事。
He just do not want people to see him look embarrassed, he did not want pity, he would rather see is ridiculed nor mercy.
他只是不愿人看到他狼狈的样子，他不想要怜悯，他宁可看见的是嘲笑而不是怜悯。
Caramon stood before him, his sword in his hand, staring at him with pity in his eyes.
卡拉蒙站在他身边，手中握着剑，眼中有着怜悯的神情。
People are going to feel as if they need to pity you, but you don't want that to be the foundation of a relationship.
这么说让别人觉得大家都得要同情你，你总不会希望让这种情绪成为彼此关系的基础吧。
Afterwards, I shall pity myself because such an injustice can only happen to me, and enjoy once more psychic masochistic pleasure.
（第三）后来，我将自怜自艾，因为这样的不公正只会发生到位身上。我将再一次享受到心理的受虐狂的快乐。
As you know, for 25 years we have not had any new antiarrhythmic drugs and that was a pity because there was an unmet need.
在过去的25年里，没有新的抗心律失常药物出现，这是个遗憾，因为对此类药物需求很大。
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
凡有世上财物的，看见弟兄穷乏，却塞住怜恤的心，爱上帝的心怎能存在他里面呢？
