pity

pity, mercy, sympathy, compassion

名词 pity:

1. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
   同义词：commiseration, ruth, pathos
2. an unfortunate development
   同义词：shame
3. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
   同义词：compassion

动词 pity:

1. share the suffering of
   同义词：feel for, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with

1. He lay helpless in the street under the pitying gaze of the bystanders.
   他零零地躺在路边，旁观的人都投以怜悯的目光。
2. We took pity on the homeless girl and took her into our house.
   我们同情这个无家可归的女孩，让她住进了我们的屋子里。
3. It's a pity that you can't come to the party.
   你不能来参加这次聚会，真可惜。
4. I pity anyone who has to feed a family on such a low income.
   我同情任何需要以如此微薄的收入养活全家的人。

pit.y

n.（名词）
【复数】 pit.ies
Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another.
同情，怜悯：对他人所受的不幸或遭遇产生的同情和悲哀
A matter of regret:
可惜，遗憾，遗憾的事：
例句：
It`s a pity she can`t attend the reception.
她不能参加招待会，真是遗憾

v.（动词）
pit.ied,pit.y.ing,pit.ies
v.tr.（及物动词）
To feel pity for.
同情，可怜
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To feel pity.
觉得可怜，同情

<习惯用语>have pity on 或
take pity on
To show compassion for.
对…表示同情
来源：
Middle English pite
中古英语 pite
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin piet3s [piety, compassion]
源自 拉丁语 piet3s [怜悯，同情]
from pius [dutiful]
源自 pius [有责任心的]

【引伸】
pit.yingly
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>pity,compassion,commiseration,sympathy,condolence,empathyThese nouns signify sympathetic, kindly concern aroused by the misfortune, affliction, or suffering of another.
这些名词都表示对别人的不幸、痛苦或困难表示同情或善意的关注。
Pity often implies a feeling of sorrowthat inclines one to help or to show mercy:
Pity 常表示一种痛苦的感情，使得某人因此想帮助或表示怜悯：
例句：
.Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the human sufferer. (James Joyce).
.怜悯是一种感情，它在人类苦难中的庄严的和不变的事物出现时征服人的理智，并将之与受难者连成同心结. （詹姆斯·乔伊斯）。

Compassion denotes deep awareness of the suffering of another and the wish to relieve it:
Compassion 表示对他人困苦的深切体会并希望别人解脱：
例句：
.Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. (Hubert H. Humphrey).
.同情并非缺点，为不幸者着想并不等于社会主义. （休伯特·H·哈姆福里）。

Commiseration signifies the expression of pity or sorrow:
Commiseration 表示怜悯或悲伤的心情：
例句：
.They not unfrequently wonder why, from being born blind, they should be held to be objects of commiseration. (Benjamin C. Brodie).
.他们经常想问，为什么他们生来就是瞎子，就该成为被人可怜的对象. （本杰明·C·布罗得）。

Sympathy as it is compared here denotes the act of or capacity for sharing in the sorrows or troubles of another:
Sympathy 与上面的词语相比，更强调与在受苦受难中的其他人共同分忧的能力或行为：
例句：
.They had little sympathy to spare for their unfortunate enemies. (William Hickling Prescott).
.他们一点也不同情他们不幸的敌人. （威廉·希克林·普莱斯哥特）。

Condolence is a formal, conventional expression of pity,usually to relatives upon a death:
Condolence 是一种正式传统地表达.可怜.的方式，常与死亡连在一起：
例句：
We extended our condolences to the bereaved family.
我们向死难者的家人表示哀悼：

Empathy is a vicarious identification with and understanding of another`s situation, feelings, and motives:
Empathy 是一种对他人的处境、感情或动机的认同和理解：
例句：
Empathy for the criminal`s childhood misery does not imply exoneration of the crimes he committed as an adult.
对罪犯悲惨的童年表示怜悯不等于可以免除他长大成人后所犯的罪