out of pity

常見例句

雙語例句

• At the end of the night, he finally mustered the courage to ask for her phone number, which, more out of pity than anything else, she gave him.
  當(dāng)晚結(jié)束后，他終于鼓足勇氣去問她的電話號(hào)碼，出于同情而不是其他的因素，她把電話號(hào)碼給了他。
• Providence, out of pity for mankind, has instilled a soporific charm into all tedious things.
  老天爺悲憫世人，他在一切沉悶的東西上都施加了催眠般的魔力。
• During one of those trips, Nebie enjoyed several courses at a restaurant, companionless, only to have the owner pick up the check for the entire the meal -- out of pity.
  在一次出差的時(shí)候，內(nèi)比在一家餐廳吃飯，一個(gè)人點(diǎn)了好幾道菜，郁郁寡歡地吃了飯，還要一個(gè)人負(fù)擔(dān)整頓飯的費(fèi)用。

權(quán)威例句

• All the way, he learned later, German snipers had had him in their sights but, out of pity for this madman, had not fired.
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• In the other case, although the victim originally told the police he had been purchased for sex, in court he changed his evidence to say he had merely been let into the hotel room out of pity.
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• Pity those sentry guns in Aliens ran out of bullets.
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