ruth

FREQ #3806

n. 怜悯, 悲哀

发音

其它 /ɹuːθ/
US /ɹuːθ/

词形变化

ruths 复数 ruths

别名

ruthe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.

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    2011, Turisas (Mathias Nygård), Hunting Pirates Scum they are! —Foe of mankind! Clear the sea! —Show no ruth!

  2. 2.

    Repentance; regret; remorse.

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    1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLIV, 2005, The Works of A. E. Housman [1994, The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman], page 61, Now to your grave shall friend and stranger With ruth and some with envy come […].

    ~1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur He mourned too late In ruth for the rending of the Round Table.

  3. 3.

    Sorrow; misery; distress.

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  4. 4.

    Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

pity pathos commiseration

上位词 2

sympathy fellow feeling

相关短语

Ruth Island Ruth Glacier it's the truth, Ruth

词源

From Middle English reuþe, ruthe, reuthe, rewthe, reowthe, corresponding to rue + -th (abstract nominal suffix), perhaps after early Scandinavian (compare Old Norse hrygð, hryggð (“ruth, sorrow”)).

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