| 释义 |
self-pityˌself-ˈpity noun [uncountable]   - Haslet never gave in to self-pity, despite her illness.
- If you feel a wave of self-pity coming on, go and talk about it with friends.
- Jenny told her story without any of the self-pity that I thought I would feel after such an ordeal.
- At times I nearly went crazy from loneliness, and from that most deceptive enemy of all: self-pity.
- He can lapse into playground language at moments of stress, or even, at one point, some pompous Hancockian self-pity.
- Negative emotions are such feelings as fear, anger, jealousy, hatred, impatience, worry, self-pity, etc.
- Nor was he a man who wallowed constantly in self-pity.
- Tears of self-pity, perhaps, tears of anger and impotence certainly.
- Though it was easier than I could have hoped, my pride and self-pity would not admit it.
- To cry about them meant I was engaging in self-pity and whining.
to feel sad and pity yourself► feel sorry for yourself especially spoken to spend a lot of time thinking about how unlucky you are or how unfairly you have been treated, in a way that annoys other people: · Stop blaming other people and feeling sorry for yourself.· Andy was drinking too much again, and feeling sorry for himself. ► mope to feel unhappy because of something bad that has happened, and to not be interested in doing anything, in a way that other people think is not reasonable: · Don't just lie there moping, waiting for the phone to ring.mope around/about (=go around a place moping): · He's not even attempting to look for a job -- he just mopes around the house all day.mope over: · There's no point moping over Jane - she's not worth it. ► wallow in: wallow in self-pity/despair/misery etc to keep thinking about how unhappy you are, in a way that makes other people think that you are actually enjoying feeling sorry for yourself and do not want to feel happier: · She told herself that she must try and learn from his criticism, rather than wallowing in self-pity.· It's no good wallowing in misery. You just have to get out there and find another job. ► self-pity the feeling you have when you feel sorry for yourself, because you think that you have been very unlucky or that you have been treated unfairly: · If you feel a wave of self-pity coming on, go and talk about it with friends.· Jenny told her story without any of the self-pity that I thought I would feel after such an ordeal. VERB► wallow· Nor was he a man who wallowed constantly in self-pity. the feeling of being sad and depressed because you think that something unfair or unpleasant has happened to you – used to show disapproval:  a note of self-pity in her voice—self-pitying adjective: a self-pitying mood |