pitiful是什么意思？

pitiful

英[ˈpɪtɪfl] 美[ˈpɪtɪfəl]

• adj. 可怜的，可鄙的，<古>充满同情或怜悯的，惨；

副词：pitifully;

例句

• a pitiful attempt to stop the ball 卑劣的截球方式
• It is pitiful to see that the life of an animal in a zoo is spent in an locked iron cage. 看到动物园里的动物一生都被关在铁笼子里,真是令人可怜。
• But what has brought the company to such a pitiful condition since I last worked for it? 自我最后一次为该公司工作以来,什么原因使得公司落到这般可怜的境地?
• The pitiful and younger brother, gleans andscraps actually with being the end of the world person! 可怜的姐弟, 竟然同是天涯拾荒人!
• That's the way with you whining , puny, pitiful players. 你们这种又爱哭 、 又软弱 、 又可怜的赌棍就是这样.
• The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers. 这女孩子的经历令人心碎.
• No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes. 见此惨状,无不落泪.
• He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted. 他听起来既可怜兮兮的，又对想要的东西充满渴望。
• Her appearance was deathlike, and her look of despair very pitiful. 她的脸色像死人一样苍白, 绝望的神态令人心酸.
• ...loads of pitiful rummage. 大量慈善捐赠品

反义词

• adj.
  pitiful的反义词之：可怜的;令人同情的
  pitiless,
• pitiful的反义词之：其他释义
  pitiless, cruel,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  令人怜悯的；使人同情的；可怜的
  Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them.
  例句
  He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted... 他听起来既可怜兮兮的，又对想要的东西充满渴望。 It was the most pitiful sight I had ever seen. 这是我看到过的最令人同情的一幕。
• ADJ-GRADED
  匮乏的；极度欠缺的
  If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.
  例句
  The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low... 选择余地极小，而且其中一些产品的质量很差。 The farmers pay pitiful wages, often in the form of food and clothes. 农场主支付的报酬少得可怜，还经常是以食物和衣服的形式。
• ADJ-GRADED
  可鄙的；不值得考虑的
  If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it does not deserve respect or consideration.
  例句
  This argument seems to show a pitiful lack of confidence in the capabilities of our juries. 这一论点似乎表现出对我们陪审团能力的极度不信任，而这种不信任是可悲的。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  值得同情的,可怜的
  But what has brought the company to such a pitiful condition since I last worked for it? 自我最后一次为该公司工作以来,什么原因使得公司落到这般可怜的境地? It is pitiful to see that the life of an animal in a zoo is spent in an locked iron cage. 看到动物园里的动物一生都被关在铁笼子里,真是令人可怜。
  可鄙的,可耻的
  a pitiful attempt to stop the ball 卑劣的截球方式

英英词典释义

• 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"