adj.
令人同情的;可怜的
deserving or causing you to feel pity
The horse was a pitiful sight (= because it was very thin or sick) .
这匹马看上去可怜兮兮的。
卑微的;卑鄙的
not deserving respect
a pitiful effort/excuse/performance
不精彩的努力 / 借口 / 表现
The dog was whining pitifully.
那条狗可怜巴巴地哀叫着。
She was pitifully thin.
她瘦骨嶙峋,令人怜悯。
The fee is pitifully low.
酬金低得可怜。
pitiful
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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.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。
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His legs were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk.
他的双腿和他庞大身躯的其他部分相比瘦得可怜。
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ADJ-GRADED 匮乏的;极度欠缺的
If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.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。
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State help for the mentally handicapped is pitifully inadequate.
国家给智障人士提供的帮助远远不够。
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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.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。
adj
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- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- their efforts were pathetic
- pitiable lack of character
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice
- Synonym: pathetic pitiable
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- deserving or inciting pity
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworth
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- Synonym: hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable poor wretched
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- bad;unfortunate
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
- Synonym: deplorable distressing lamentable sad sorry
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Different from our pitiful lives , your life was happy and sunny .
和我们令人同情的生活不一样的是,你们的生活是幸福和快乐的。
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The University of Minnesota was having a pitiful football season .
当时明尼苏达大学正经历一个令人同情的橄榄球赛季。
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The horse was a pitiful sight .
这匹马看上去可怜兮兮的。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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That little boy was in a very pitiful condition .
那个小男孩处于非常可怜的境地中。
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The refugees whose houses were ruined in the tsunami were a pitiful sight .
这些难民的房屋在海啸中被毁,看上去真可怜。
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No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes .
见此惨状,无不落泪。
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The girl 's pitiful history would wring one 's withers .
这女孩子的经历令人心碎。
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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?
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They stood fixed , their baffled hearts looking out of their eyes with a joylessness pitiful to see .
他们都死挺挺地站着,都把心里的挫折委屈,在眼神里表示出来,眼神里则凄怆悲伤,让人看着都可怜。
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It is time to end your pitiful life now .
看来是时候结束你那可怜的人生。
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Capacity without education is pitiful ; education without capacity is throw away .
有才干缺教育令人可惜;有教育缺才干被人抛弃。
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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。
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Who do you think is the most pitiful man in the world ?
谁是世上最可怜的人?
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So pitiful , she one injured child , let each Chinese regret !
好可怜,她就是一个受伤的孩子,让每个中国人的都心痛呀!
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They did not give the children food or water ; the children were very pitiful .
不给他们吃东西和喝水,小孩子非常可怜。
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He was hiding from the pitiful look in people 's eyes .
他在躲避大家怜悯的目光。
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I see him as one of those pitiful things sometimes born in hospitals .
我觉得他不过是那种有时在医院出生的可怜虫中的一员
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To Buddha we must all seem like pitiful blind babies .
佛眼中的我们就像可怜的瞎眼婴儿。
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The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful .
在研究这种疾病上花的时间和金钱是少得可怜的。
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There was something so pitiful about buying small sizes of everything .
买一切小号的东西真可怜。
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I 've lost my job , so of course I 'm pitiful .
我失了业,当然可怜;
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Especially that pitiful little school girl !
尤其是那个可怜的小女生!
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I almost see her , pitiful as she is .
我几乎可以想象到她装可怜的样子。
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How could I not stop by after all those pitiful messages you left ?
收到你那么多可怜的留言我怎么能不过来看看呢?
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A pitiful sound of a human being in unbearable pain .
痛苦不堪之人的一声哀叹。
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She refused to let either Sunshine or me get near that pitiful little body .
它拒绝阳光或是我接近那个可怜的小尸体。
指外表或经历令人同情的。
The refugees whose houses were ruined in the tsunami were a pitiful sight.
这些难民的房屋在海啸中被毁,看上去真可怜。
That little boy was in a very pitiful condition.
那个小男孩处于非常可怜的境地中。
指表达苦难或悲伤的方式让人心生怜悯的。
Why did she give a long piteous cry?
为什么她发出一声长长的哀号?
指让人心生怜悯、值得同情的。
Women and children are prone to become pitiable victims of war.
妇女和儿童很容易成为可怜的战争受害者。