sob story

Word family nounsobbingsob storyadverbsobbinglyverbsob

ˈsob ˌstory noun [countableC] informal

SYMPATHIZEa story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them 〔尤指不真实的〕为了博取同情的故事，伤感故事

a sob story about how she lost all her money

讲她如何失去所有钱财的悲伤故事

Examples from the Corpus

sob story• But I wouldn't consider myself to be a sob story.• In fact, he was brutally cynical, ruthlessly efficient and hardened to every sob story under the sun.

单词	sob story
释义	sob story Word family nounsobbingsob storyadverbsobbinglyverbsob ˈsob ˌstory noun [countableC] informal SYMPATHIZEa story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them 〔尤指不真实的〕为了博取同情的故事，伤感故事 a sob story about how she lost all her money 讲她如何失去所有钱财的悲伤故事 Examples from the Corpus sob story• But I wouldn't consider myself to be a sob story.• In fact, he was brutally cynical, ruthlessly efficient and hardened to every sob story under the sun.
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