| 词汇 | self-pity |
| 释义 | self-pityˌself-ˈpity noun [uncountableU] SAD/UNHAPPYthe feeling of being sad and depressed because you think that something unfair or unpleasant has happened to you – used to show disapproval 自怜〔含贬义〕 a note of self-pity in her voice 她话音中一点自怜的口气 —self-pitying adjectiveadj a self-pitying mood 自怜的情绪 Examples from the Corpus self-pity• At times I nearly went crazy from loneliness, and from that most deceptive enemy of all: self-pity.• Though it was easier than I could have hoped, my pride and self-pity would not admit it.• He can lapse into playground language at moments of stress, or even, at one point, some pompous Hancockian self-pity.• Nor was he a man who wallowed constantly in self-pity.• To cry about them meant I was engaging in self-pity and whining.• Tears of self-pity, perhaps, tears of anger and impotence certainly.• If you feel a wave of self-pity coming on, go and talk about it with friends.• Jenny told her story without any of the self-pity that I thought I would feel after such an ordeal.• Haslet never gave in to self-pity, despite her illness.• Negative emotions are such feelings as fear, anger, jealousy, hatred, impatience, worry, self-pity, etc. |
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