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pitying

/pit-ee-ing/US // ˈpɪt i ɪŋ //

怜悯,恻隐之心,怜悯之心,哀怜

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of or expressing pity: a pitying look.

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Examples

  • What should have been a moment of reckoning for a selfish, serial liar instead ended with us pitying him.

  • To paraphrase the great John Oliver, listen up, fellow self-pitying nerd boys—we are not the victims here.

  • Galina slipped in for a moment and with a pitying look gave me a blanket.

  • Strung out on a punishing regimen of diet pills, the once genial young man becomes a sullen, self-pitying wreck.

  • Actually, the fact that it cowers under a phalanx makes it infinitely more pitying.

  • No human ear heard her cries for help, no pitying voice soothed her last agonies.

  • They walked silently down the lane together, Gilbert sullen and mortified, Dorothy pitying but resolute.

  • "Your memories possess you," he observed gently, and the stern look passed into something almost pitying.

  • She smiled the pitying smile of one equipped with superior knowledge when confronted with an obstinate, uninformed mind.

  • Something in his voice, a sad pitying tenderness, caused her heart to beat a shade quicker.