英语词汇“pity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

pitypity1 /ˈpɪt̮i/ ●●○ noun

ETYMOLOGYpity¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French pité, from Latin pietas piety, pity

COLLOCATIONS► feel/have pity for somebody

I have no pity for people who lie and get caught.

► object of pity

Joe hated being an object of pity at school.

► a great pity

Students just don’t seem interested in math anymore, which is a great pity.

► that’s/what a pity

“She’s not well at all.” “Oh that’s a pity.”

1[uncountable] sympathy for someone who is suffering or unhappy: a feeling of pityfeel/have pity for somebody I have no pity for people who lie and get caught. Joe hated being an object of pity at school.2[singular] spoken used to show that you are disappointed about something and you wish things could happen differently SYN shame: it’s a pity (that) It’s a pity that John couldn’t come to the party.it is a pity to do something It would be a pity to spoil the surprise. Students just don’t seem interested in math anymore, which is a great pity.that’s/what a pity “She’s not well at all.” “Oh that’s a pity.”3take/have pity on somebody to feel sorry for someone and do something to help him or her: Finally, a truck driver took pity on us and gave us a ride.4more’s the pity old-fashioned used after describing a situation, to show that you wish it was not true: He’s good-looking but married, more’s the pity. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French pité, from Latin pietas piety, pity]

noun | verb

pitypity2 ●●○ verb (pities, pitied, pitying) [transitive not usually in progressive]

VERB TABLE

pity

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pity
	he, she, it	pities
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pitied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pitied
	he, she, it	has pitied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pitied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pity
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pitied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pitying
	he, she, it	is pitying
	you, we, they	are pitying
Past	I, he, she, it	was pitying
	you, we, they	were pitying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pitying
	he, she, it	has been pitying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pitying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pitying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pitying

to feel sorry for someone because he or she is in a very bad situation: I pity anyone who has to live with Rick.