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self-pity N

self-pity

(尤指过度的)自怜 zìlián

self-pity

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I slid my recliner over three feet and tucked myself into my bed, for another sleepless session of self-loathing and self-pity. www.theatlantic.com

Irony is subdued, stoicism more matter of fact, self-pity almost entirely absent, illusion excluded. en.wikipedia.org

The theme of ironic self-pity over the weakness that led to his conversion and his subsequent intellectual confusion were recurring themes in his future works. en.wikipedia.org

Billy sinks deeper and deeper into self-pity worry and depression. en.wikipedia.org

He sank into self-pity and got drunk constantly. en.wikipedia.org

I slept stiff and alone in a lonely village without feeling self-pity. en.wikipedia.org

It is so much pre-occupied with an infuriating surge of self-pity and some stereo-typed villainy. en.wikipedia.org

He does not know how or why he was kept from crossing over, which fuels his melancholic self-pity. en.wikipedia.org

Lying forlorn in a doorway, the dog awaits his end awash in self-pity. en.wikipedia.org

He is full of self-pity and bullies the others emotionally. en.wikipedia.org

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