| 词组 | pity |
| 释义 | noun | verb pity1 /ˈpɪti/ noun sympathy for someone who is suffering or unhappyphrasesbe filled with/full of pity His heart was filled with pity for the children who had survived the earthquake.take/have pity on sb (=feel sorry for someone and treat them with sympathy) He was expecting a long prison sentence but the judge took pity on him.an object of pity (=someone who people feel sorry for) He was a proud man and didn’t want to be an object of pity.a feeling/sense of pity Annie had a sudden feeling of pity for her aunt.a wave/surge of pity (=a sudden strong feeling of pity) The woman looked so lost that a wave of pity washed over me.a twinge/stab of pity (=a small feeling of pity) He never showed the slightest twinge of pity for his victims.verbsfeel pity I felt pity for all those people who have lost their money. | No one can look at these photographs and not feel pity. | He looked very ill, but Marie felt no pity for him.show pity After they won the war, they showed no pity.adjectiveslittle/no pity Meryl felt no pity for him, just contempt.some pity “Have some pity!” begged Janet, almost in tears.prepositionspity for sb I feel nothing but pity for him.with/without pity He pushed her away without pity.out of pity (=because someone feels sorry for another person) I think he only stayed with me out of pity. noun | verb pity2 /ˈpɪti/ verb (past tense and past participle pitied, present participle pityingpities) [T not usually in progressive] to feel sorry for someone because they are in a very bad situation: Sam pitied his grandmother there alone, never going out. She pitied him rather than feeling any anger towards him.phrasesI pity anyone who.../I pity the person who... I pity anyone who has to feed a family on such a low income.pity the poor... Pity the poor teachers who have to deal with these kids. |
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