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单词 pity
释义

pity

UK /ˈpɪti/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    a strong feeling of sympathy that you have for someone because they are very unhappy or in a bad situation

    She looked at him with a mixture of pity and disgust.

    There was pity in her voice.

    feel pity for someone:

    She felt pity for all the children living in such terrible conditions.

    an object of pity (=someone who people feel only sympathy for):

    In the past poor people were seen as objects of pity.

    Synonyms and related words

    Feelings of sympathy
  2. 2
    formalan attitude in which you are sympathetic towards someone and forgive them
    show (no) pity:

    The judge showed no pity in her treatment of the youngsters.

    Synonyms and related words

    Feelings of sympathy

phrases

for pity’s sake
(it’s a) pity
more’s the pity
take pity on someone

pity

US /ˈpɪti/

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    a strong feeling of sympathy that you have for someone because they are very unhappy or in a bad situation

    She looked at him with a mixture of pity and disgust.

    There was pity in her voice.

    feel pity for someone:

    She felt pity for all the children living in such terrible conditions.

    an object of pity (=someone who people feel only sympathy for):

    In the past poor people were seen as objects of pity.

    Synonyms and related words

    Feelings of sympathy
  2. 2
    formalan attitude in which you are sympathetic toward someone and forgive them
    show (no) pity:

    The judge showed no pity in her treatment of the offender.

    Synonyms and related words

    Feelings of sympathy

phrases

for pity’s sake
(it’s a) pity
more’s the pity
take pity on someone

pity

UK /ˈpɪti/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theypity
he/she/itpities
present participlepitying
past tensepitied
past participlepitied

DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    to feel sorry for someone because they are in a bad situation

    I pity the poor person who has to clean this mess up.

    She pitied him living in such a horrible place.

    Synonyms and related words

    To feel or express sympathy

pity

US /ˈpɪti/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theypity
he/she/itpities
present participlepitying
past tensepitied
past participlepitied

DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    to feel sorry for someone because they are in a bad situation

    I pity the poor person who has to clean this mess up.

    She pitied him living in such a horrible place.

    Synonyms and related words

    To feel or express sympathy
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