首页英语词典pitifulpitiful的意思

pitiful怎么读？

pitiful

英 ['pɪtɪfʊl; -f(ə)l] 美['pɪtɪfəl]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词pathetic wretched poor miserable rotten sorry

反义词

adj. 可怜的，令人同情的

GRE低频词畅通词汇

词态变化

副词: pitifully;

中文词源

pitiful 可怜的

来自pity,可怜，同情。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. Mace still remembers the pitiful wailing of the trapped and the wounded.: 梅斯依然还记得那些被困者和受伤者的令人同情的哀号.

2. She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.: 她听到他发出一声令人悲悯的低沉的呻吟声。

3. 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。

4. No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.: 见此惨状,无不落泪.

5. The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.: 这女孩子的经历令人心碎.