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遗憾
Pity
My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.
我的主题是战争,战争的怜悯。诗是可怜的。
The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered.
愚人自怜,直到被奉承。
I just had to plod along without having any teaching, which was a pity.
我只能在没有任何教学的情况下艰难地前行,这很遗憾。
Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.
大多数时候,对导演没有什么要求,这很遗憾。
It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.
遗憾的是,一个人逐渐获得了经验,却失去了青春。
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
啊,对一个再也不能威胁我们的敌人的命运表示同情是多么甜蜜啊!
Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.
现在不要可怜我,永远不要可怜我;我将永远什么也不做。
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
当法律的严肃性要软化时,动机应当是怜悯,而不是贿赂。
Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.
同情有敌人,这些敌人就是怜悯,道德愤怒,恐惧。
Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.
让别人明白你的处境。而寻求同情——这是一个错误。
It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
遗憾的是,一个人无法想象自己无法与任何事物相比。天才是一个梦想下雪的非洲人。
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.
我同情那些想要一件便宜到生产这种衣服的男男女女在生产过程中挨饿的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
我不同情任何努力工作值得做的人。我很钦佩他。我同情那些不工作的人,不管他认为自己处于社会的哪个阶层。
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
自怜是最具破坏性的非药物麻醉品;它让人上瘾,给人短暂的快乐,让受害者脱离现实。
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
怜悯是一种善意的虐待。
Prove the cynic's wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination.
证明愤世嫉俗者错了。可怜他们吧,他们没有想象力。
It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
这是如此美好的一天,我觉得起床很可惜。
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
残忍是由恐惧而不是怜悯软化的。