Word familynounsobbingsob storyadverbsobbinglyverbsob
ˈsob ˌstory noun [countableC] informal
SYMPATHIZEa story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them 〔尤指不真实的〕为了博取同情的故事,伤感故事
a sob story about how she lost all her money
讲她如何失去所有钱财的悲伤故事
Examples from the Corpus
sob story• But I wouldn't consider myself to be a sob story.• In fact, he was brutally cynical, ruthlessly efficient and hardened to every sob story under the sun.