pitiful

• adj. 可憐的，令人同情的

來自pity,可憐，同情。

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.

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.

這女孩子的經曆令人心碎.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》