pitiful
英 ['p?t?f?l; -f(?)l]
美 ['p?t?f?l]
中文詞源
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.
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.
- 她聽到他發出一聲令人悲憫的低沉的呻吟聲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted.
- 他聽起來既可憐兮兮的，又對想要的東西充滿渴望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.
- 見此慘狀,無不落淚.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
- 這女孩子的經歷令人心碎.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》