| 释义 |
for pity's sake
释义
委婉的请求或表达情绪的习语，用以强调或加强语气
例句
1·The miser said, "Bind me fast, bind me fast, for pity's sake ."
守财奴说：“快把我绑起来，快把我绑起来，可怜可怜我吧。”
2·If only I could keep it from your father-in-law: he always says: 'Augusta, for pity's sake , don't destroy my last illusions' — and how am I to prevent his knowing these horrors?
我要是能瞒住你岳父该多好啊！他老是说：‘奥古·斯塔，可怜可怜，别毁了我最后的幻想。’——可我怎么才能不让他知道这些可怕的事呢？
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