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．