Actually, the audience should be pitied, not the speaker.
事实上,该受到同情的是观众而不是演讲人。
处女地(上)
" But why do you pity me" ?
“可是你为什么可怜我”?
雾都孤儿(精简版)
Even Mr Bumble felt a little pity.
连班布尔先生也有点可怜他了。
哈利波特与火焰杯
There was no pity in his gaze.
目光里没有丝毫怜悯。
连线杂志
I'm feeling lost, oh such a pity.
我感到迷失,真是太遗憾。
译林版牛津初中英语(八年级上册)
I'm sorry to hear that. It's a great pity!
听到这些我很难过。真遗憾!
CRI在线 2019年7月合集
Police feel an extreme pity for that and strongly condemn it.
警方表示极度遗憾,并予以最严厉谴责。
英语百科
Pity
Pity means feeling for others, particularly feelings of sadness or sorrow, and is used in a comparable sense to the more modern words "sympathy" and "empathy". Through insincere usage, it can also have a more unsympathetic connotation of feelings of superiority or condescension.
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
sympathy, fellow feeling, misfortune, bad luck, mercifulness, mercy