英 [ˌself ˈpɪti] 美 [ˌself ˈpɪti]
n. 自怜；自哀
self-pity // TEM4
不可数名词 Self-pity is a feeling of unhappiness that you have about yourself and your problems, especially when this is unnecessary or greatly exaggerated. (常指过度的) 自哀; 自怜
I was unable to shake off my self-pity.
我无法从自怜中摆脱出来。
a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings
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He little involved the realpolitik condition in the poetry, actively showed his savour of nature and the wish to live in the nature, Stressed his mind of Away from the secular, All of these reflect his dissatisfied with social reality and Self-pity in his deep heart.
他在这些诗歌中较少涉及现实政治状况,积极高扬自己的自然意趣与山林之志,突现了主体远离世俗的文人逸趣,这正从侧面反映出他内心深处对于社会现实的不满与自怜的心理。
参考来源姚合诗歌研究
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自怜(self-pity)：对自己感到怜悯及惋惜的情绪。
... self-directed adj. 自我指导的；自主的；自我为中心的 self-pity n. （尤指过度的）自怜，自哀 sensibly adv. 有判断力地，切实地 ...
He was inclined to self-pity.
他总是自哀自怜。
The words flooded him with self-pity.
这些话使他充满了自怜。
I was unable to shake off my self-pity.
我无法从自怜中摆脱出来。
He is full of a kind of understandable self-pity, and his speeches are in some ways more characteristic of the gloomy intellectual milieu that is reflected in Chekhov's text really than almost anyone else's.
他身上有种合理的顾影自怜感，而在契诃夫的原文里,他的言论差不多是,最典型地反映当时晦暗的社会思想环境的。
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They never indulged in self-pity, no matter how stacked the odds were against them.
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And it is easy to imagine how this leads to the tar-pit of self-pity.
You have shown no remorse and the only thing that has burdened you is self-pity.