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；可怜的；凄惨的

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The little girl looked so pitiful; I hadn't the heart to refuse.
    这个小姑娘太可怜了，我简直不忍心拒绝。
  • I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.
    但愿你这句话是恭维我，不过，这么容易被人看透，那恐怕也是件可怜的事吧。
  • A person who is infected with the virus - looks pitiful.
    一个被这个病毒感染了的人——看起来很可怜。

    • 原声例句

  • And the most pitiful example of it is on 57.
    最可怜的例子在57页。
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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!
    所以自然地他看向窗外的天色,他说道：,快来吧，黑夜，遮住白天的眼睛，…,用你无形的沾满鲜血的双手,将束缚我们的身体撕成碎片！
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    • 权威例句

  • 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.
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词组短语

    短语

  • pitiful affair 伤心的事
  • Pitiful Soul 可怜灵魂
  • Pitiful Guy 可怜家伙
  • Very pitiful 好可惜;怪可怜的;非常令人可怜的样子
  • pitiful child 可怜得小孩

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • 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