pitiful

英 ['pɪtɪfʊl; -f(ə)l] 美 ['pɪtɪfəl]
  • adj. 可怜的,令人同情的

中文词源


pitiful 可怜的

来自pity,可怜,同情。

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.

双语例句


1. Mace still remembers the pitiful wailing of the trapped and the wounded.
梅斯依然还记得那些被困者和受伤者的令人同情的哀号.

来自柯林斯例句

2. She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.
她听到他发出一声令人悲悯的低沉的呻吟声。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.
见此惨状,无不落泪.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
这女孩子的经历令人心碎.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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