pities

英 [ˈpɪtiz]

美 [ˈpɪtiz]

n.  同情; 怜悯; (用于表示失望)遗憾，可惜
v.  同情; 怜悯; 可怜
pity的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:He felt a sudden tender pity for her...She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.self-pity
• VERB 同情；怜悯；可怜
  If youpitysomeone, you feel very sorry for them.
  1. I don't know whether to hate or pity him.
     我不知道该恨他，还是该同情他。
• N-SING 可惜的事；遗憾的事
  If you say that it isa pitythat something is the case, you mean that you feel disappointment or regret about it.
  1. It is a great pity that all pupils in the city cannot have the same chances...
     非常遗憾的是，在这个城市里，并非所有的学生都能获得同样的机会。
  2. Pity you haven't got your car, isn't it...
     可惜你还没有车，不是吗？
  3. It seemed a pity to let it all go to waste.
     让这一切白白浪费掉，真是可惜了。
• N-UNCOUNT 仁慈；慈悲
  If someone showspity, they do not harm or punish someone they have power over.
  1. One should avoid showing too much pity...
     一个人应该避免显得太过仁慈。
  2. She saw no pity in their faces.
     她从他们的脸上看不到慈悲。
• PHR with cl 不幸的是；遗憾的是
  If you addmore's the pityto a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
  1. But my world isn't your world, more's the pity.
     可惜的是，我们是两个世界的人。
• PHRASE （尤在恼怒或不快时用于强调）行行好，发发慈悲吧
  You can sayfor pity's saketo add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
  1. 'Run, Katherine. For pity's sake run!' he screamed.
     “跑，凯瑟琳，快跑！”他尖叫道。
• PHRASE 对…表示同情；对…表示怜悯
  If youtake pity onsomeone, you feel sorry for them and help them.
  1. No woman had ever felt the need to take pity on him before.
     以前从没有女性觉得他需要同情。
• PHRASE （用于强调）可惜的是，遗憾的是
  If you saythe pity is that, orthe pity of it is that, before a comment, you are emphasizing your disappointment or regret about something.
  1. The pity is that it was all completely unnecessary...
     遗憾的是这完全没有必要。
  2. The pity of it was that the Americans didn't play cricket.
     可惜的是美国人不打板球。

双语例句

• It's a-thousand pities! Your firm is eliminated at the final round.
  实在是太遗憾了！贵公司在最后一轮被淘汰出局。
• Jack kissed her pretty hands with pities in his eyes, saying," OK honey, I will not leave you!"
  安杰吻着他无骨般的小手，眼睛里盛满了爱怜：“好，我不会离开你了。”
• He is a friend who helps you, but not pities you.
  真正的朋友是帮助你而不是怜悯你。
• As a president of boanerges university, what he did was hard to avoid localizations and pities. The sensitive affairs includes taking back the education-dominion and church school register, Chinese-teaching reforms and forbidding students 'patriotic behaviors.
  在收回教育主权与教会大学立案事件、中文教学改革以及强硬禁止学生爱国行为等敏感问题上，作为一名传教士大学校长，卜舫济的所作所为不免存在局限与遗憾。
• It's a thousand pities that he cancelled his lecture.
  他取消了讲座，真是遗憾至极。
• Life is a process full of pities, owing to which life itself becomes so delicately colorful and wonderful.
  人生是一个遗憾的过程，正因为有了无数个遗憾，我们的人生才变得如此精彩如此美丽。
• It would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun. It's proper pity such a clever girl should carry such a stiff upper lip.
  白白放过这个有趣的机会，那真是太可惜了。这样聪明的女孩会如此倔强，真是太可惜了。
• It was a thousand pities that so clever a fellow should be shut out from a career.
  这么聪明的一个人不能在事业上一显身手，实在太可惜了。
• China's Commercial bank but Commercial bank pities the loan phenomenon to the small and medium-sized enterprise existence.
  中国的商业银行但商业银行对中小企业存在惜贷现象。
• Life is full of pities.
  人生充满了遗憾。