曼丽nilei
3、pity的基本意思是“怜悯,同情”,指在别人遭遇不幸时所产生的'怜悯之情,是不可数名词,一般不与不定冠词连用。
4、pity也可作“可惜的事,令人遗憾的事”解,为可数名词,但往往只用于单数形式,前面常加不定冠词a,常用于“It is/was a pity...”结构,其后可接动词不定式,也可接that从句。
例句:
It's a pity our trips to New York don't coincide.
真遗憾我们不能同一时间去纽约旅行。
I beg you to have pity on him.
请你可怜可怜他吧。
Pity you haven't got your car, isn't it
可惜你还没有车,不是吗?

挑剔的嘴
It's a pity that很遗憾。。。。。双语对照例句:1.It's a pity that does not help us one little bit. 很遗憾,对我们来说,这一点用也没有。 2.If you believe a liberal arts education is intrinsically valuable, you might think it's a pity thatstudents are increasingly focused on life after college. 如果你相信博雅教育从本质上来说是有价值的饿,那么你会对学生们在大学毕业后越来越以生活为中心感到遗憾。