Pity

(noun.) an unfortunate development; 'it's a pity he couldn't do it'.

整理:梅尔巴

• It is a pity they are not handsome! 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I don't even blame you--I pity you for opening your heart to a hopeless affection. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Not to mention that women and children are most subject to pity, as being most guided by that faculty. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Was it all self-pity, loneliness, or low spirits? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Whether from awe or pity, nobody raised the price on him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It must seem very strange to any one but me, and does even to me: I often feel the old sad pity for--I need not write the word--for him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I told them what a hard master Mr. Creakle was, and they pitied me very much. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I have always pitied the delusion, always. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Lily's feelings were softer: she pitied him in a frightened ineffectual way. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She was interesting; she was admirable; she was deeply to be pitied. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• That's a fair young lady to be pitied by and wept for by! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He is to be pitied, ma'am. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It was a hard case, upon my word; and, I do think you were very much to be pitied, were the kind responses of listening sympathy. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I can't resist them when I see Sallie buying all she wants, and pitying me because I don't. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Some pitying hand may find it there, when I and my sorrows are dust. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, I am glad you enjoy it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• There was no speech nor language, no pitying voice or helping hand, from that distant sky. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The two men were pitying each other, but it was only Will who guessed the extent of his companion's trouble. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Come here, and I will comfort you, said Caroline, in a pitying accent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And I was pitying you having jaundice. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• It is a thousand pities that we have not a reproduction of those which were done in chalk upon the window-sill. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• To be sure, rejoined his brother; it would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Yes, 'tis a thousand pities you didn't see me in four! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She pities him, so she is good to him, said Jo, beaming at her from the croquet ground. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• When immortal Bunyan makes his picture of the persecuting passions bringing in their verdict of guilty, who pities Faithful? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It is a thousand pities you haven't patience to go and see your uncle more, so proud of you as he is, and wanted you to live with him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You, my creator, would tear me to pieces, and triumph; remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than he pities me? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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