pitied

pitied — 動詞

1. to feel concern and sadness for someone who is in a difficult or painful situati

1.動詞及物B1
釋義

同情；憐憫

對別人的不幸感到難過

to feel concern and sadness for someone who is in a difficult or painful situation, often because you can imagine how hard their experience must be for them.

例句

Arjun pitied the stray cat and left food out for it every evening.

Arjun 同情那隻流浪貓，每天晚上都放食物給牠吃。

pity + [person] for a specific reason

When Tamar heard about her coworker's loss, she pitied him deeply.

Tamar 聽到同事失去親人的消息後，深深地同情他。

adverb collocation: deeply pitied

同義詞
  • feel for

    more informal and everyday; implies emotional closeness rather than a top-down feeling.

  • sympathize with

    more neutral and respectful; focuses on understanding rather than condescension.

  • commiserate with

    more formal; suggests sharing sorrow through words or gestures.

反義詞
  • envy

    to feel jealous of someone's good fortune rather than sorry for their misfortune.

  • ignore

    to show no concern or awareness of another's suffering.

文法句型

pity + [person]

pity + [person] + for + [reason]

用法筆記

This sense is purely transitive — the person you feel sorry for is the direct object (e.g., 'she pitied him'). The reason for the pity can be added with 'for' or a clause of circumstance.

常見錯誤

❌She pitied for the lost child.
✅She pitied the lost child.
💡'pity' takes a direct object; no preposition is needed.
❌He was pitied by nobody of his suffering.
✅Nobody pitied him for his suffering.
💡Use 'pity [someone] for [reason]'.