橘子朗文词典

pitiful

P 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈpɪt.i.fəl]
  • 美式音标 [ˈpɪt̬.i.fəl]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.慈悲的；可憐的；淒慘的

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • The little girl looked so pitiful; I hadn't the heart to refuse.
    這個小姑娘太可憐了，我簡直不忍心拒絕。
  • I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.
    但願你這句話是恭維我，不過，這麽容易被人看透，那恐怕也是件可憐的事吧。
  • A person who is infected with the virus - looks pitiful.
    一個被這個病毒感染了的人——看起來很可憐。

    • 原聲例句

  • And the most pitiful example of it is on 57.
    最可憐的例子在57頁。
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  • So naturally he looks out the window to see how the time is going and this is what he says: Come, seeling Night,Skarfe up the tender Eye of pitiful DayAnd with thy bloodie and invisible HandCancel and teare to pieces that great BondThat keeps me pale!
    所以自然地他看曏窗外的天色,他說道：,快來吧，黑夜，遮住白天的眼睛，…,用你無形的沾滿鮮血的雙手,將束縛我們的身躰撕成碎片！
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    • 權威例句

  • And they have produced a team of constant injury, pitiful hitting, fielding, and pitching.
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  • In middle school, they had seemed pitiful—objects of sympathy, charity, and condescension, if not derision.
    NEWYORKER: Pumpkin Head

词组短语

    短語

  • pitiful affair 傷心的事
  • Pitiful Soul 可憐霛魂
  • Pitiful Guy 可憐家夥
  • Very pitiful 好可惜;怪可憐的;非常令人可憐的樣子
  • pitiful child 可憐得小孩

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • making people feel sympathy

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them.
  • pitifully
  • If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.
  • pitifully