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(lái)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(yǔ)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(hào).
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.
- 她聽(tīng)到他發(fā)出一聲令人悲憫的低沉的呻吟聲。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted.
- 他聽(tīng)起來(lái)既可憐兮兮的，又對(duì)想要的東西充滿渴望。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.
- 見(jiàn)此慘狀,無(wú)不落淚.
來(lái)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(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》