self-pity

英 [ˌself ˈpɪti]

美 [ˌself ˈpɪti]

n.  自怜

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牛津词典

noun

• 自怜
  a feeling of pity for yourself, especially because of sth unpleasant or unfair that has happened to you
  1. She's not someone who likes to wallow in self-pity .
     她不是那种喜欢自怜的人。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (尤指不必要或过度夸张的)自怜，自哀
  Self-pityis a feeling of unhappiness that you have about yourself and your problems, especially when this is unnecessary or greatly exaggerated.
  1. I was unable to shake off my self-pity...
     我无法摆脱自怜自哀的情绪。
  2. Throughout, he showed no trace of self-pity.
     他从始至终都没有表现出一丝的自怜。

英英释义

noun

• a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings

双语例句

• She wasted no energy on self-pity.
  她没有把精力浪费在自叹自怜上。
• She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
  她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。
• I wish she'd do something to help herself instead of just wallowing in self-pity!
  我希望她能做点自助自救的工作，而不要只沉湎于自哀自怜中。
• You can't just sit there wallowing in self-pity.
  你不能坐在那儿沉迷于自哀自怜之中。
• Don't we have every right to wallow in self-pity?
  难道我们没有绝对的权利沉迷在自怜里吗？
• Is there the sorrow of self-pity?
  那里面有自怜的悲伤吗？
• From bouncing confidence she had retreated into self-pity.
  她从信心百倍变得自怜自哀。
• A letter full of complaints and self-pity.
  充满怨言和自怜的信。
• They never indulged in self-pity, no matter how stacked the odds were against them.
  他们从不沉溺于自怜，不管他们面临多么不利的境况。
• She worked herself into an ecstasy of self-pity.
  她使自己陷入了极度的自怜之中。