pitied

[ˈpitid]
  • v.

    同情,怜悯( pity的过去式和过去分词 );觉得…可鄙;


  • 词义辨析

    pity, compassion, mercy, sympathy

    这组词都有“同情”或“可怜”的意思。它们的区别在于:pity通常只表示内心感到难过或同情,少给予帮助; sympathy指“同情心”或“恻隐之心”,强调共同分担,进而对某种经历或遭遇引起共鸣; compassion指“同情心”,强调由于理解而同情,并主动给予帮助,常常指通过自身痛苦或不幸而同情别人; mercy指“仁慈”或“怜悯”,含有主动救助别人脱离苦难之义。例如:
    It is a pity that such an ability as him should be employed about such trifle matters.真可惜,像他这样有才能的人竟然被用来做这类琐事。
    Her own experiences had taught her to have compassion for misunderstood children.她自身的遭遇使她认识到应对那些受到误解的孩子予以同情。
    The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.犯人恳求陪审团宽恕他。
    He was moved with sympathy.他动了恻隐之心。

    pity,mercy,sympathy,compassion

    这些名词均有“同情、怜悯”之意。
    pity指对弱者、不幸者所表示的怜惜之情。
    mercy侧重指对应受惩罚或地位卑下者的慈悲或怜悯。
    sympathy普通常用词,含义广。指志趣、看法上的一致,也指感情相投,带有深深的恻隐之心的亲切之情。
    compassion较正式较庄重用词,指对同等人的同情与理解,常含急切愿意帮忙的意味。

  • 双语例句
1、

Qua father, he pitied the young man; qua judge, he condemned him.

作为人之父, 他同情那个年轻人; 作为法官, 他将他定罪.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

2、

I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.

如果我都不能让自己忙碌起来,那真是太可怜了。

——柯林斯例句

3、

Better be envied than pitied.

宁可让人妒忌,不可让人怜悯.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

4、

When drunk and broke, he neither hated nor pitied her but came back to demand money.

赶到他喝了酒,而手里没了钱, 他不恨了,也不可怜了,他回来跟她要钱.

汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

5、

'That's a fair young lady to be pitied by and wept for by!

“ 有这样美丽的小姐同情,有她为你哭泣是很幸运的呢!

英汉文学 - 双城记

6、

I pitied poor Miss Read's unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company.

我很同情里德小姐的不幸遭遇, 她通常很是消沉, 难得有时高兴, 避免与人接触.

辞典例句

7、

While wary of being interrogated, he felt even more wary of being pitied or lectured to.

他这时候怕人盘问, 更怕人怜悯或教训.

汉英文学 - 围城

8、

He pitied Melbury for his almost childish enthusiasm.

麦尔布礼那种几乎是孩子似的热情使他感到他十分可怜.

辞典例句

9、

He grovelled so helplessly, she pitied him.

他卑躬屈节,无可奈何, 她不由得同情起他来.

辞典例句

10、

He pitied the poor schnook cleaning tables in the coffee shop.

他为那个在咖啡店清理桌子的笨蛋感到可怜.

辞典例句

11、

The world , which, as I have said, appreciated him, pitied him too much to be ironical.

正象前面说的那样, 人们敬爱他, 怜悯他,对他并无讥讽的意思.

辞典例句

12、

He would, perchance , have pitied this sick man , of the law's making.

他也许会替那个被法律伤害了的人叫屈.

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13、

As for that poor lad, she said she pitied him with all her heart.

至于那个可怜的孩子, 她说她真心同情他.

辞典例句

14、

The lonely old man was much to be pitied by all of us.

那位孤独的老人得到了我们大家的同情.

《简明英汉词典》

15、

She might have pitied Herzog's stupid eggheadedness.

她也许曾经可怜过赫索格的书呆子气.

辞典例句

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