pitiful
英 ['pɪtɪfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美 ['pɪtɪfəl]
中文词源
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》
