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单词 pities
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pities in British English

3rd person singular present tense of verb
1.  pity
plural noun
2.  pity
 

pity in British English

(ˈpɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural pities
1. 
sympathy or sorrow felt for the sufferings of another
2.  have pity on
3. 
something that causes regret or pity
4. 
an unfortunate chance
what a pity you can't come
5.  more's the pity
verbWord forms: pities, pitying or pitied
6. (transitive)
to feel pity for
Derived forms
pitying (ˈpitying)
adjective
pityingly (ˈpityingly)
adverb
Word origin
C13: from Old French pité, from Latin pietās duty

Examples of 'pities' in a sentence
pities

He pities those younger, because 'we used up the weird'.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His godlike perspective, for one, castigates all humanity, and pities it too.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He eats all the food, rarely speaks and pities himself.
The Sun (2008)
I feel like my partner thinks he has to stay because he pities me, which feels horrible.
The Sun (2017)
These days she pities her trolls.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The people he pities are those who pay thousands of dollars for a spacious room.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
No: he pities actor friends, he says, who face the 'constant irritation' of autograph hunters.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My girlfriend finally left her husband two weeks ago but has gone back already, telling me she pities him.
The Sun (2008)
He tells the heroine that she is the product of a society that pities her and indulges her every whim.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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