| 单词 | pity |
| 释义 | pity (once / 67 pages) nv If you feel pity, you feel sympathy for someone else's suffering. A documentary on prisoners who have been wrongfully convicted might make you feel pity for them. Use pity as a noun or a verb. You feel pity for the really bad singer so you try to look attentive, but then you pity yourself for having to suffer through his terrible rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." We also say something is a pity if it's something to be sad about. It's a pity that your computer crashed right after you finished your paper. WORD FAMILYpity: piteous, pitiable, pitied, pities, pitiful, pitiless, pitying, self-pity+/piteous: piteously/pitiable: pitiablest, pitiably/pitiful: pitifulest, pitifully/pitiless: pitilessly, pitilessness/pitying: unpitying/unpitying: unpityingly USAGE EXAMPLESPity the poor letter carrier: This week will be a long one. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) But it would be a pity if it were a hard Brexit. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) “He said ‘Well, Fidelis, much as I congratulate you, I also pity you. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) 1n a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others the blind are too often objects of pity Syn|Hyper commiseration, pathos, ruth fellow feeling, sympathy sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) 2n the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it Syn|Hyper compassion mercifulness, mercy a disposition to be kind and forgiving 3n an unfortunate development it's a pity he couldn't do it Syn|Hyper shame bad luck, misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event 4v share the suffering of Syn|Hypo|Hyper compassionate, condole with, feel for, sympathize with commiserate, sympathise, sympathize to feel or express sympathy or compassion carefeel concern or interest condoleexpress one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death grieve, sorrow feel grief |
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