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pit·i·ful
pI tih fl
pitifully (adv.), pitifulness (n.)
词根:pity
adj.pitiable 可怜的
pitiless 冷酷的,无情的;无同情心的
piteous 可怜的;哀怨的;慈悲的
pitying 同情的;怜悯的
adv.pitifully 可怜地,令人怜悯地;可恨地
piteously 可怜地;慈悲地
pitiably 可怜地;卑劣地
pitilessly 无情地;冷酷地
pityingly 同情地;怜惜地
n.pity 怜悯,同情;遗憾
pitilessness 无情;冷酷
v.pitying 同情(pity的ing形式)
vt.pity 对……表示怜悯;对……感到同情
Adjective
1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
"their efforts were pathetic"
"pitiable lack of character"
"pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
2. bad; unfortunate;
"my finances were in a deplorable state"
"a lamentable decision"
"her clothes were in sad shape"
"a sorry state of affairs"
3. deserving or inciting pity;
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
14世纪中期, piteful,“仁慈的,有同情心的”(含在 pitifully 中),源自 pity(n.)和 -ful。15世纪中期出现了“令人悲哀或值得同情”的意思; 从1580年代开始,出现了“卑鄙、可怜、可鄙,因其渺小或卑劣而值得同情”的意思。相关词汇: Pitifulness。
The first known use of pitiful was in the 14th century
pitonnoun
a spike or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface for support (as for a mountain climber)
pitilessadjective
having no pity : harsh, cruel
pitilessadjective
having no pity : harsh, cruel
pitifuladjective
deserving or arousing pity or sympathy
a pitiful mongrel
deserving pitying scorn (as by not being adequate)
a pitiful excuse
pitifuladjective
deserving or arousing pity or sympathy
a pitiful mongrel
deserving pitying scorn (as by not being adequate)
a pitiful excuse
1 As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
2 The fox stared down at the pitiful crumpled figure.
3 If you molest us again, sir, you may feel the sting of the lash across your pitiful shoulders.
4 The park was filled with hideous, pitiful howls as more plague dogs raced after us through the trees.
5 The miserable beast did nothing but give a low, pitiful moan.
6 "He didn't look like Mike anymore," she remembers now. "He was scary and pitiful.
“他一点也不像从前的mike,”现在她回忆起来这么描述我,“他变得很胆小,很可怜。
7 “Y’all,” he said, “did I really make myself out so pitiful that you had to go to this much trouble for my birthday?”
8 Here and there a loop stuck out, maybe big enough to stick your pinky finger through, pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed.
9 “Describe this boot to me, then! What kind of a pitiful salesman are you? No wonder you’re starved for customers.”
10 Prisoner to a former slave and his pitiful allies.
一个前奴隶和他的可怜同盟者的囚犯.
11 And what was so sad, I realized, was that Canada had become a pitiful fantasy.
12 You come back yet never asked who saved your pitiful life.
回来报仇,也不问问谁救了你的小命。
13 How pitiful you make It'sound!
说得多可怜!
14 My voice starts sounding so pitiful that no one stops to listen.
15 The preacher is rapt with attention as Katherine begins spinning out a tale of woe and misery so pitiful that it belongs in a weekly serial.
16 It breaks my heart to see her so pitiful, with just the top of her cabin showing, and a shine of oil spreading like blood on the water.
17 When I thought on all the things I’d done with my own dad and how Judd could only remember hunting, well, that was pretty pitiful for a lifetime.
18 “How are we going to carry on paddling with our arms all sore and pitiful?”
19 I never saw a sight so pitiful as this before!
我从来没有见过这样惨的事情!
20 He lowered his bony head and buried it in the palms of his gnarled hands; and at that moment he seemed to age a thousand years, a pitiful sight.
1 可鄙
miserable worthless despicable contemptible snotty misbegotten cowardly ignominiously despicably swinishly poor pathetic paltry scurvy pitiable blithering grovelling pitifully dirty ridiculous rotten coward measly sleazy woeful ratty ignominious low-down beggarly picayune little small cheap SAD petty shabby wretched unworthy slimy abject poorly
2 令人不满意的
3 极少的
4 可怜
poor miserable pathetic wretched deplorable abject affecting pitiable piteous lachrymose miserably pathetically pitifully lamentably wretchedly plaintively piteously wretchedness sorriness sorrow pity pitiably sad appealing little sorry puny old bum sordid sorrowful forlorn squalid ratty plaintive rueful dickey unblessed petitionary niddering nidering cat commiserable donsie grotty woful groaty
5 不足的
scanty skimpy slender short lean insufficient defective scarce pathetic deficient scant meagre challenged penurious niggardly mal- shy little
7 可怜又可笑的
9 不足
shy insufficient deficient scant skimpy meagre scanty little weakness deficiency scarcity insufficiency dearth under-
13 可怜的
poor miserable pathetic wretched deplorable abject affecting pitiable piteous lachrymose sorry puny dismal forlorn sad appealing little old bum sordid sorrowful squalid ratty plaintive rueful dickey unblessed petitionary niddering nidering commiserable donsie grotty woful groaty
14 糟糕透顶的
16 卑鄙的
base dirty despicable shoddy sordid sleazy grubby squalid underhand pitiable tawdry base-mined mean man rank foul lousy shabby rascal lewd abject measly scruffy scoundrel soulless scurvy beastly ignominious ignoble degrading dishonour scabby low-down rascally hangdog pimping scabbed mingy doggish hoggish bastardly niddering nidering caitiff suck off
18 琐屑的
19 小的
long slim little small low baby limited minor petty dinky petit inconsiderable diddy chota two-by-four
20 怜悯
tender pitifully pityingly relentingly mercy compassion sympathy pity remorse commiseration misericordia ruefulness ruthfulness feel soften yearn sympathize commiserate take pity on feeling bowel pathos bleed ache have mercy on in mercy to
21 富于同情心的
23 穷的
24 卑鄙
base dirty despicable shoddy sordid sleazy grubby squalid underhand pitiable tawdry turpitude base-mined mean man rank foul lousy shabby rascal lewd abject measly scruffy scoundrel soulless scurvy beastly ignominious ignoble degrading dishonour scabby low-down rascally hangdog pimping scabbed mingy doggish hoggish bastardly meanly ignobly pettily dirtily niddering nidering dirt meanness smallness unworthiness littleness dirtiness caitiff sordor suck off
25 不够的
26 慈悲的
good charitable compassionate humane forgiving merciful tenderhearted tender remorseful propitious sparing piteous
27 卑微的
28 怜悯的
29 慈悲
good charitable compassionate humane forgiving merciful tenderhearted blessing benevolence clemency leniency ruth tender remorseful propitious sparing piteous quarter grace remorse lenity
31 微不足道的
minuscular piss-ass minute nothing peanut nominal foolish insignificant vile fractional unimportant sleeveless paltry immaterial minuscule measly pygmy trifling dinky pissy inconsiderable pelting picayune pimping halfpenny jerkwater penny-ante scrabbly inappreciable dead-ass pistareen unvital silly enough to swear by
33 微不足道
minuscular piss-ass minute nothing peanut nominal foolish insignificant vile fractional unimportant sleeveless paltry immaterial minuscule measly pygmy trifling dinky pissy inconsiderable pelting picayune pimping halfpenny jerkwater penny-ante scrabbly inappreciable dead-ass pistareen unvital silly nothingness insignificance enough to swear by
34 悲苦的
35 同情的
37 无足轻重
footy jeasly minute simple lightweight insignificant negligible sleazy shirttail waff insignificance micrify
39 同情
pitying commiserative sympathetically pitifully remorsefully commiseratingly sympathizingly feeling understanding compassion sympathy pity commiseration sympathism feel enter yearn sympathize commiserate take pity upon have pity on be in sympathy with have sympathy with fellow feeling sympathize with have a heart pity for in sympathy in sympathy with
40 可鄙的
miserable worthless despicable contemptible snotty misbegotten poor pathetic paltry scurvy pitiable blithering grovelling cowardly no-good dirty ridiculous rotten coward measly sleazy woeful ratty ignominious low-down beggarly picayune little small cheap SAD petty shabby wretched unworthy slimy abject
43 不够
44 有同情心的