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| /ˈpɪti/ |
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| 1 | a strong feeling of sympathy that you have for someone because they are very unhappy or in a bad situation 同情；怜悯 |
| She looked at him with a mixture of pity and disgust. 她看着他，目光中混杂着怜悯和厌恶。 |
| There was pity in her voice. 她的声音中夹杂着同情。 |
| feel pity for sb She felt pity for all the children living in such terrible conditions. 她同情所有生活在这种恶劣条件下的儿童。 |
| an object of pity (=someone who people feel only sympathy for) In the past poor people were seen as objects of pity. 可怜虫 |
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| 2 | formal an attitude in which you are sympathetic towards someone and forgive them 同情（心） |
| show (no) pity The judge showed no pity in her treatment of the youngsters. 这位女法官对这些年轻人毫不留情。 |
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| - | for pity’ s sake spoken
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| used for showing you are annoyed with someone |
| （表示厌烦）拜托，发发慈悲吧 |
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| For pity’ s sake, Jack, stop moaning. 拜托，杰克，别再呻吟了。 |
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| - | (it’ s a) pity
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| used for saying that you are disappointed about something |
| 可惜；遗憾 |
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| it’ s a pity (that) It’ s a pity we couldn’ t stay longer in Boston. 我们不能在波士顿多呆些日子，真是遗憾。 |
| it’ s a pity to do sth It’ s a pity to waste this food. Can you eat it? 浪费这些食物很可惜。你能吃掉吗？ |
| +about It was a lovely wedding. Pity about the rain. 婚礼办得很好。可惜就是下雨了。 |
| it seems a pity It seems such a pity to be indoors in lovely weather like this. 在这么好的天气里呆在屋里似乎很可惜。 |
| a great pity It was a great pity we couldn’ t visit the Louvre. 我们不能去参观罗浮宫真是太可惜了。 |
| what a pity (=that is a pity) ‘I couldn’ t get any tickets for the game.’ ‘Oh, what a pity!’ 真可惜 |
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| - | more’ s the pity spoken
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| used when you are disappointed that something is true |
| 很不幸，太可惜了（用于表示因某事是真的而失望） |
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| ‘We’ ve got a history class next, haven’ t we?’ ‘Yes, more’ s the pity.’ “我们接下来要上一堂历史课，是吗？”“是的，真不幸。” |
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| - | take pity on sb
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| to feel sorry for someone and try to help them |
| 同情某人 |
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| Dirk took pity on me and let me stay at his house. 德克同情我，让我住在他的房子里。 |
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