pity

Compared meaning: sympathy felt for someone who is suffering (noun).

比较义项：对受苦者产生的同情、怜悯之情（名词）。

• compassion

  Emphasizes deep, respectful sympathy paired with a genuine wish to help; typically used in serious or formal situations such as caregiving, and does not appear in the phrase 'take pity on'.

  强调发自内心、带有尊重意味的同情，并伴随着想要帮助他人的真切愿望；通常用于较为严肃或正式的场合，例如医护关怀，且不会出现在“take pity on”这样的搭配中。

  The nurse treated every frightened patient with warmth and compassion.

  这位护士以温暖和同情心对待每一位害怕的病人。

• pity 本词

  Focuses on sadness felt when seeing someone's suffering, often from a position of relative comfort, and appears in the fixed phrase 'take pity on someone'; compassion is not used this way.

  侧重在看到他人受苦时产生的难过之情，这种情感常常是在自己境况相对较好的位置上产生的；还出现在固定搭配“take pity on someone”（怜悯某人并伸出援手）中，compassion 没有这种用法。

  She took pity on the beggar and gave him some coins.

  她怜悯那个乞丐，给了他一些零钱。

Compassion and pity both mean sympathy for someone suffering. Compassion is deep, respectful concern with a wish to help; it sounds formal. Pity is sadness on seeing someone's misfortune, and appears in take pity on someone. Not compared: pity meaning unfortunately.

这两个词都表示见到他人受苦时产生的同情之情，但情感基调不同：compassion 强调发自内心、带有尊重意味的关怀，并伴随着帮助对方的愿望，语气较为正式；pity 则侧重看到他人不幸时产生的难过与怜悯，有时带有居高临下、怜悯对方弱势的意味。这里不比较 pity 用于“it's a pity that...”结构中表示“遗憾的是……”这一用法。