摘要:一、可数性辨析不可数用法(抽象情感:指人类共情的道德情感,如She wept with pity for the refugees(她因同情难民而哭泣)固定搭配:arouse pity(引发同情)、rouse pity(激起怜悯)可数用法(需满足特定条件)
一、可数性辨析
不可数用法(
抽象情感:指人类共情的道德情感,如She wept with pity for the refugees(她因同情难民而哭泣)
固定搭配:arouse pity(引发同情)、rouse pity(激起怜悯)
可数用法(需满足特定条件)
具体化指代:当强调"具体遗憾事件"时,如The cancellation of the concert was a great pity(音乐会取消是件憾事)
量化修饰:仅可被great/small等程度副词修饰,不可用very/much
二、介词搭配体系
介词 适用场景 典型动词搭配
for 静态持续同情 feel/show have pity for
on 动态实施怜悯行为 take/do have pity on
that 引导遗憾事件说明(从句前置时) Pity that...
have pity on中on不可替换为for(历史沿袭的短语动词结构)
文学作品中可能出现upon变体,如He cast a pitying glance upon her
三、句型结构深度解析
完整结构:It's a pity (that) + 陈述句(口语中that可省)
省略结构:Pity (that) + 虚拟句(含遗憾语气,如Pity we missed the train)
虚拟语气应用
现在虚拟:Pity he should be so stubborn(遗憾他竟如此固执)
过去虚拟:It's a pity you hadn't warned me(遗憾你未提前告知)
感叹句:What a pity you're leaving!
倒装句:Never was a greater pity heard(强调遗憾程度)
四、易错点警示
误将feel pity for与take pity on混用
五、文化语境差异
商务场景:避免直接使用pity(显得不专业),改用regret
文学创作:可活用pity的比喻义,如The empty chair was a pity we could not fill(空椅象征无法弥补的遗憾)
来源:英语小课堂