pitiful

英 ['p?t?f?l; -f(?)l] 美['p?t?f?l]
  • adj. 可憐的,令人同情的

GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


副詞:?pitifully;

中文詞源


pitiful 可憐的

來自pity,可憐,同情。

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. Mace still remembers the pitiful wailing of the trapped and the wounded.
梅斯依然還記得那些被困者和受傷者的令人同情的哀號.

來自柯林斯例句

2. She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.
她聽到他發(fā)出一聲令人悲憫的低沉的呻吟聲。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted.
他聽起來既可憐兮兮的,又對想要的東西充滿渴望。

來自柯林斯例句

4. No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.
見此慘狀,無不落淚.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
這女孩子的經(jīng)歷令人心碎.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》