| 1. | Alas, unwisdom has already prevailed .
可惜，不明智的见解却在流行。 |
| 2. | What a pity you won't be around five centuries .
可惜你活不到五百岁。 |
| 3. | You had better have gone already .
你早就应该走了（可惜没有走）。 |
| 4. | It was a pity, but it was necessary .
这是很可惜的事情，可也是事出无奈。 |
| 5. | The pity is that you are not a prophet .
可惜你不能未卜先知。 |
| 6. | I 'm sorry for him but it 's his own fault ..
可惜那是他自己不对（怨谁呢）。 |
| 7. | In geography there is still much to be desired .
可惜对于地理的知识还很欠缺。 |
| 8. | He cannot come too often , he gives such pleasure .
他这样有趣，可惜他不常来。 |
| 9. | It is a thousand pities that it should have come to this .
变成这个样子真是可惜。 |
| 10. | The trouble is, that i don't shoot .
可惜的是我不打猎。 |
