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

• If I am soft to myself and slide comfortably into self-pity and self-sympathy;
  我容纵自己，让自己舒适的陶醉在自怜与自我同情中；
• He realized it sounded like self-pity.
  他意识到这句话听起来是自哀自怜。
• Now this self-pity thing isn't going to delay dinner, is it?
  现在这种自怜的事不应该延迟晚餐的时间，对吧？
• 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。
• You have a tendency toward melancholy and self-pity.
  你有倾向变得忧郁跟自怜。
• 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？
• From bouncing confidence she had retreated into self-pity.
  她从信心百倍变得自怜自哀。
• Is there the sorrow of self-pity?
  那里面有自怜的悲伤吗？
• To get away from feeling misunderstood and self-pity, the best way is to re-shift one's focus.
  摆脱被误解感和自我怜悯的最好办法就是重新转移一个人的关注点。