pitiful
英 ['pɪtɪfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美['pɪtɪfəl]
- adj. 可怜的，令人同情的
词态变化
副词: pitifully;
中文词源
pitiful 可怜的
来自pity,可怜，同情。
英英释意
- 1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
- "their efforts were pathetic"
- "pitiable lack of character"
- "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
- 2. bad; unfortunate;
- "my finances were in a deplorable state"
- "a lamentable decision"
- "her clothes were in sad shape"
- "a sorry state of affairs"
- 3. deserving or inciting pity;
- "a hapless victim"
- "miserable victims of war"
- "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- "piteous appeals for help"
- "pitiable homeless children"
- "a pitiful fate"
- "Oh, you poor thing"
- "his poor distorted limbs"
- "a wretched life"
英文词源
- pitiful (adj.)
- c. 1300, "merciful, compassionate" (implied in pitifully), from pity + -ful. Sense of "exciting or deserving pity" is from mid-15c.; that of "mean, wretched, contemptible" is 1580s. Related: Pitifulness.
实用场景例句
- The horse was a pitiful sight (= because it was very thin or sick) .
- 这匹马看上去可怜兮兮的。
牛津词典
- a pitiful effort/excuse/performance
- 不精彩的努力 / 借口 / 表现
牛津词典
- The dog was whining pitifully.
- 那条狗可怜巴巴地哀叫着。
牛津词典
- She was pitifully thin.
- 她瘦骨嶙峋，令人怜悯。
牛津词典
- The fee is pitifully low.
- 酬金低得可怜。
牛津词典
- He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted...
- 他听起来既可怜兮兮的，又对想要的东西充满渴望。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was the most pitiful sight I had ever seen.
- 这是我看到过的最令人同情的一幕。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low...
- 选择余地极小，而且其中一些产品的质量很差。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes.
- 农场主支付的报酬少得可怜，还经常是以食物和衣服的形式。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This argument seems to show a pitiful lack of confidence in the capabilities of our juries.
- 这一论点似乎表现出对我们陪审团能力的极度不信任，而这种不信任是可悲的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The girl's pitiful narration touched the old lady's heart deeply.
- 姑娘悲悲凄凄的叙述深深地打动了老太太的心.
期刊摘选
- The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
- 这女孩子的经历令人心碎.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- That's the way with you whining , puny, pitiful players.
- 你们这种又爱哭 、 又软弱 、 又可怜的赌棍就是这样.
辞典例句
- How pitiful you make It'sound!
- 说得多可怜!
期刊摘选
- But what has brought the company to such a pitiful condition since I last worked for it?
- 自我最后一次为该公司工作以来,什么原因使得公司落到这般可怜的境地?
《简明英汉词典》
- The pitiful and younger brother, gleans andscraps actually with being the end of the world person!
- 可怜的姐弟, 竟然同是天涯拾荒人!
期刊摘选
- All that time that he looked so ridiculous and pitiful left me speechless.
- 当时看他样子实在又好笑又可怜.
期刊摘选
- The driver sees her quite pitiful agreed.
- 司机看她挺可怜的就答应了.
期刊摘选
- She moved toward her grimly consistent father with a pitiful cry.
- 她发出一声哀切的哭喊声,向严酷、顽固的父亲走去.
辞典例句
- I hate his pitiful act.
- 我讨厌他可鄙的行为.
期刊摘选
- Don't speak the person of trustworthiness, is lamentable and pitiful and hateful, is also terrible.
- 不讲诚信的人, 是可悲的、可怜的、可恨的, 也是可怕的.
期刊摘选
- It is pitiful to see that the life of an animal in a zoo is spent in an locked iron cage.
- 看到动物园里的动物一生都被关在铁笼子里,真是令人可怜.
《简明英汉词典》
- This child is so pitiful, he lost his parents when he was very young.
- 这个孩子真可怜, 从小就没有爹娘.
期刊摘选
- He decides to wield his pitiful weapon.
- 他决定动用他的可怜的武器了.
辞典例句
- Prisoner to a former slave and his pitiful allies.
- 一个前奴隶和他的可怜同盟者的囚犯.
期刊摘选
- I never saw a sight so pitiful as this before!
- 我从来没有见过这样惨的事情!
期刊摘选
- Their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward.
- 整个牢房都能听到他们可怜的哀嚎.
期刊摘选
- The spur of that pitiful sight set her gliding swiftly.
- 这种凄楚的景象使她赶紧跑过去.
辞典例句