pity /ˈpɪtɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( pitying, pitied, pities )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you feel pity for someone, you feel very sorry for them. 同情心

  例：

  He felt a sudden tender pity for her.

  他突然对她起了温柔的同情心。

• 2. 

  → see also self-pity

• 3. 

  V-T If you pity someone, you feel very sorry for them. 同情

  例：

  I don't know whether to hate or pity him.

  我不知道是该恨他还是该同情他。

• 4. 

  N-SING If you say that it is a pity that something is the case, you mean that you feel disappointment or regret about it. 遗憾的事 [情感]

  例：

  It is a great pity that all students in the city cannot have the same chances.

  很遗憾的是，并非该市所有学生都能拥有同样的机会。

  例：

  It's a pity you've arrived so late in the year.

  真遗憾，你这一年来得太迟了。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT If someone shows pity, they do not harm or punish someone they have power over. 仁慈; 怜悯

  例：

  Noncommunist forces have some pity toward people here.

  非共产主义者的军队有些怜悯这里的人们。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you take pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them. 同情

  例：

  No woman had ever felt the need to take pity on him before.

  之前，没有哪个女人觉得有必要同情他。