英语词汇“pity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pity
释义	pity I. \ˈpid.]ē, -it], ]i\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English pite, from Old French pitez, pitié, pité, from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, compassion, from pie- (from pius pious) + -tat-, -tas -ty — more at pious 1. archaic : mercy, clemency < saw that his judge was inclining to mercy, and he renewed his appeals for pity — J.H.Shorthouse > 2. a. (1) : sympathetic heartfelt sorrow for one that is suffering physically or mentally or that is otherwise distressed or unhappy (as through misfortune, difficulties) : compassion, commiseration < felt the deepest pity for the prisoners > (2) : the capacity to feel such sorrow < was habitually hardhearted and without pity > b. : a somewhat disdainful or contemptuous feeling of regret over the condition of one viewed by the speaker as in some way inferior or reprehensible < leaves us less with a sense of repugnance … than with a sense of pity for the man who could think of nothing better — T.S.Eliot > 3. : a cause of regret : a condition or circumstance that is to be regretted < what a pity that you didn't get here sooner > < it's a pity that we can't be friends > Synonyms: see sympathy • - for pity's sake - have pity II. verb (-ed/-ing/-es) *transitive verb* 1. chiefly dialect : to cause to feel pity : move to pity < it would pity one's heart to observe the change — William Whiston > 2. : to feel pity for < pitied them in their distress > < whom everybody pities because his daughter has disgraced him — Edmund Wilson > *intransitive verb* : to feel pity : have pity < will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy — Jer 13:14 (Authorized Version) >
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