1. 表示一般意义的“同情”“怜悯”等,是不可数名词。如: I saved her out of pity for her child. 我出于对她小孩的同情才救她。 We were moved to pity by her suffering. 我们受她的痛苦所感动而产生同情。 表示具体意义的“可惜的事”“遗憾的事”等,是可数名词。如: It seems a pity to give up now. 现在放弃好像很遗憾。 What a pity you can’t go with us! 真遗憾你不能和我们一道去。 2. 表示同情某人,其后通常用介词 for。如: I feel no pity for you at all. 我一点也不同情你。 He was full of pity for the poor. 他很同情穷人。 但是,have (take) pity on 中通常用介词 on。如: Do have [take] pity on me. 千万要可怜可怜我。 查看详情更多>>
It's a pity the weather isn't better for our outing today.
我们今天出去游玩天气不见好,真遗憾。
Three passions have governed my life; The longings for love , the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of human kind.
三种激情控制着我的生活;对爱的渴望,对知识的寻求,还有对人类苦难的难以抑制的同情。
It'sgreat pity that he should be so careless.
很可惜我没能来参加你们的婚礼。
It's a pity that the boy has never come back to himself.
令人遗憾的是,那个男孩再也没有苏醒过来。
※I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about
※Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly controlling my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. Bertrand Russell, British philosopher——有三种质朴而又十分强烈的激情一直支配着我的人生——对爱之渴望,——对知识的求索,——对人类苦难的无限怜悯。英国哲学家 罗素.B.