参考词典中pitiful的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 慈悲的,可怜的,同情的
词形变化
- 名 词:pit'i·ful·ness副 词:pit'i·ful·ly
参考例句
- They girl's pitiful experience would wring one's withers.
这女孩的可怜经历令人心酸。 - Their suffering was pitiful to see.
他们受的苦让人见了感到同情.
- They girl's pitiful experience would wring one's withers.
英英解释
3个形容词解释
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
[同] pathetic, pitiable, pitiful
[例]- their efforts were pathetic
- pitiable lack of character
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice
- bad; unfortunate
[同] deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
[例]- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
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- deserving or inciting pity
[同] hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
[例]- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distort
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