出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第132页(256字)
女子叹赏自己的美丽,亦可含自悲自怜的意思,例梁女士年已三十有九,尚无知心伴侣,常顾影自怜地长吁短叹,若有所失。
Miss Liang is already 39 years old and has failed to find a man of her liking.She laments her plight and is assailed by a disconcerting sense of loss.