pity
nounWord Family
Idioms - pity noun verb
- pitiful adjective
- pitiless adjective
- pitiable adjective
- piteous adjective
- [singular]
used to show that you are disappointed about something （用于表示失望）遗憾，可惜 - a pity (that…)
It's a pity that you can't stay longer. 你不能再多停留些时间，真是遗憾。 ‘I've lost it!’ ‘Oh, what a pity.’ “我把东西弄丢了！” “哎呀，真可惜。” What a pity that she didn't tell me earlier. 真遗憾，她没有早点告诉我。 This dress is really nice. Pity it's so expensive. 这件连衣裙真不错，只可惜太贵了。 Oh, that's a pity. 唉，那可真遗憾。 It would be a great pity if you gave up now. 你要是现在放弃，那就太可惜了。 - a pity to do something
It seems a pity to waste this food. 浪费这些食物真可惜。
Extra ExamplesThat would be rather a pity, wouldn't it? 那真是遗憾，是不是… The place was great, but it was a pity about the weather. 那个地方很美，遗憾的是天气不好。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- pity about
- a bit of a pity
- such a pity
- what a pity
- …
- a pity (that…)
- [uncountable]
a sad feeling caused by the pain and troubles of others 同情；怜悯 I took pity on her and lent her the money. 我同情她，就把钱借给了她。 - (formal)
I beg you to have pity on him. 请你可怜可怜他吧。 I don't want your pity. 我用不着你可怜。 a look/feeling/surge of pity 怜悯的表情／感觉／涌动 - pity for somebody/something
I could only feel pity for what they were enduring. 对他们所受的苦难我唯有同情而已。 He had no pity for her. 他不同情她。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1I threw the child some money out of pity. 出于怜悯，我扔给那孩子一些钱。 I took pity on him and allowed him to stay. 我同情他，允许他留了下来。 She was full of pity for him. 她十分同情他。 We begged him to have pity on us. 我们祈求他的怜悯。 a cruel leader without pity 毫无同情心的残忍领导者 an unfortunate man who inspires pity 惹人怜悯的不幸男子 She experienced a sudden feeling of pity for the young man. 她突然对这个年轻人产生了同情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pity- be filled with
- be full of
- feel
- …
- out of pity
- without pity
- pity for
- …
- a feeling of pity
- a sense of pity
- have pity on somebody
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘clemency, mildness’): from Old French pite ‘compassion’, from Latin pietas ‘piety’; compare with piety.