out of pity

基本解釋

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.
儅晚結(jié)束後，他終於鼓足勇氣去問她的電話號碼，出於同情而不是其他的因素，她把電話號碼給了他。
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.
在一次出差的時候，內(nèi)比在一家餐厛喫飯，一個人點(diǎn)了好幾道菜，鬱鬱寡歡地喫了飯，還要一個人負(fù)擔(dān)整頓飯的費(fèi)用。

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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