pity

yazık

İnsana üzüntü veya hayal kırıklığı veren durum.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A situation that makes you feel disappointed or sorry.

• It is a pity you cannot come.
• What a pity we missed the show!
• It would be a pity to waste this food.

Nasıl kullanılır: it is a pity that… (It is a pity that the shop has closed.); it is a pity to do something (It is a pity to throw away good food.)

Eş anlamlılar: shame

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a pity, such a pity, what a pity

acıma, merhamet

Acı çeken veya zorluk yaşayan biri için duyulan üzüntü ve merhamet.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Sadness and concern for someone who is suffering or having trouble.

• I felt pity for the hungry child.
• She looked at him with pity.
• They took pity on the injured dog and brought it home.

Nasıl kullanılır: pity for someone (He felt pity for the lonely boy.); take pity on someone (The teacher took pity on us and postponed the test.)

Eş anlamlılar: sympathy, compassion

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pity for someone, feel pity, take pity on someone

acımak

Acı çektiği veya talihsiz olduğu için birine üzülmek ve merhamet duymak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To feel sad and concerned for someone because they are suffering or unlucky.

• I pity that lonely man.
• She pitied the children who had lost their home.
• Do you pity him or admire him?

Eş anlamlılar: feel sorry for

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pity someone, pity yourself