基本释义
- adj.
- 可怜的; 可鄙的; <古>充满同情或怜悯的; 惨
词性变化
- 副词:pitifully;
实用例句
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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.
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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!
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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
英英释义
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"