1. U 怜悯，同情　 sympathy and solo for sb's suffering or unhappiness
2. S 可惜的事，憾事　 a sad, unfortunate, inconvenient state of affairs; shame

　arouse ～　引起同情
　feel ～　感到同情
　have ～ on〔upon〕　怜悯…，同情…
　show ～　表示同情
　take ～ on〔upon〕　同情…，怜悯…
　deep ～　深切的同情
　false ～　假同情
　great ～　极大的遗憾
　profound ～　深切的同情
　real ～　真诚的同情
　in ～ of　因为可怜
　sense of ～　怜悯之情
　out of ～　出于同情
　with ～　怀着同情之心
　without ～　毫无同情之心
　～ for　对…的同情
　～ for the poor　对穷人的同情

　I feel no pity for you at all.　我一点也不同情你。
　They even showed their enemies pity and kindness.　他们竟对他们的敌人表示怜悯。
　The beggar's story excited my pity.　这乞丐的经历激起我的怜悯。
　We watched her with sadness and enormous pity.　我们怀着悲伤和极大的同情看着她。
　A pang of pity moved her heart.　她心中突然萌生怜悯之情。
　She needs help, not pity.　她需要帮助，不是怜悯。
　It's a pity that he can't come.　很遗憾他不能来。
　It was a great pity that she gave up her own happiness and married a fortune.　真令人遗憾，她竟牺牲了个人的幸福与一位富人结婚了。
　It's a pity that he should be so ill.　他竟然病得这么厉害，真是太遗憾了。
　It's a thousand pities that you can't go with us.　你不能和我们一起去真是万分遗憾。
　Pity he has never been there.　他从未去过那里真是件憾事。
　What a pity that you did not arrive by the midnight.　你在午夜前没有到达，多可惜呀！
　What a pity (that) she isn't here!　她不在这里，真遗憾！

 ♣ for pity's sake
　请发发慈悲吧　please be merciful
　For pity's sake, please stop making so much noise.　求求你，请不要那么吵闹了。
　For pity's sake try to stop this persecution.　做做好事，设法制止这场迫害吧。
 ♣ more's the pity
　〈非正〉不幸地，遗憾地　 unfortunately
　My young daughter was going to stay with her grandmother for a week, but she's not going now, more's the pity.　我小女儿原来准备去和她的祖母一起住一周的，但非常遗憾，她现在不能去了。
 ♣ out of pity
　出于同情　helping sb because one feels pity
　I saved her out of pity for her child.　我出于对她小孩的同情才救她。
　He gave the beggar a few coins out of pity.　出于同情，他给了那乞丐几个硬币。

 ♣ pity, compassion, mercy, sympathy
　这组词都有“同情”或“可怜”的意思。其区别在于：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。

1. 她对穷人总是抱着同情心。
　［误］ She is always filled with a pity for poor people.
　［正］ She is always filled with pity for poor people.
　你们不能接受我的邀请，真是遗憾。
　［误］ It's pity that you can't accept my invitation.
　［正］ It's a pity that you can't accept my invitation.
　真可惜，你当时没和我们在一起！
　［误］ What pity you were not with us!
　［正］ What a pity you were not with us!
　［析］ pity是抽象名词，前面一般不加a. 但当表示“可惜的事，憾事”或用于感叹句等特殊句型时，前面应该加a.
2. 他怜悯那只无家可归的动物。
　［误］ He took a pity on the homeless animal.
　［正］ He took pity on the homeless animal.
　［析］ have〔take〕 pity on是固定短语， pity前无冠词。
3. 这个女孩多可怜！
　［误］ What a pity girl she was!
　［正］ What a piteous girl she was!
　［析］ pity一般不修饰名词作定语，须改用其同根形容词piteous.

1. vt.同情；怜悯　 feel pity for sb/sth
2. vt.觉得…可鄙　 feel contempt for sb

　～ the poor sailors　同情倒霉的水手
　～ the survivors of the disaster　同情灾难的幸存者
　～ sincerely　真诚地同情

　Why do you pity her?　你为什么同情她?
　We pity those unfortunate villagers very much.　我们非常同情那些不幸的村民。
　I pity the flood victims.　我同情遭水灾的人。
　I sincerely pity these unfortunate beings.　我真诚地同情这些不幸的人。
　I pity you if you think this is an acceptable way to behave.　你要是认为这种行为可以接受，那你就太可鄙了。
　He does not want to be pitied.　他不想要人家可怜他。
　The lonely old man was much to be pitied by all of us.　那位孤独的老人应该得到我们大家的同情。
　The cold and hungry children were much to be pitied.　那些饥寒交迫的孩子们十分可怜。
　I think it better to be envied than to be pitied.　我认为被人怜悯还不如被人妒忌。
　Such a man as he is not to be pitied.　像他这种人不值得同情。

 ♣ pity in　(v.+prep.)
　可怜…，同情…　feel pity for sb/sth
　Pity us in our distress.　可怜可怜我们的苦难吧。
　The fellow doesn't pity anyone in their distress.　这家伙不同情任何人的苦难。

　［同义词］ n. charity, crime, kindness, mercy, misfortune, shame, sin v. absolve, forgive, pardon, sympathize with
　［反义词］ n. cruelty, scorn
　［词源］　古法语