self-pity

英 [ˌself ˈpɪti]

美 [ˌself ˈpɪti]

n.  自怜

TEM8

Collins.1

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

• 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。
• She was very sympathetic to my feelings, but she didn't let me wallow in self-pity.
  她了解我的感受，很能将心比心，但没有让我继续陷入自艾自怜当中。
• Why are you always wallowing in self-pity? It does no good.
  你为什么总是沉溺于自怜？那没什么好处。
• 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。
• He realized it sounded like self-pity.
  他意识到这句话听起来是自哀自怜。
• From bouncing confidence she had retreated into self-pity.
  她从信心百倍变得自怜自哀。
• I had two legs. I could walk. I felt ashamed of my self-pity.
  我有两条腿，我可以走路，我对我的自怜感到羞耻。
• I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that.
  我不让自己有更多的自哀自怜。
• 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？