pitiable
英['pɪtiəbl] 美['pɪtiəbl]
"their efforts were pathetic"
"pitiable lack of character"
"pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
1.值得怜悯(或同情)的;可怜的
Someone who ispitiable is in such a sad or weak state that you feel pity for them.
e.g. Her grandmother seemed to her apitiable figure.
祖母在她看来是个可怜的人。
1. pitiable是什么意思
1. 可怜的, 卑劣的:clove oil 丁香油 |pitiable 可怜的, 卑劣的 | ridge configuration 纹脉结构
2. 可怜的:pithy 有髓的 |pitiable 可怜的 | pitiably 可怜地
3. 引人怜悯的,可怜的:1299. pitch 沥青 | 1300.pitiable 引人怜悯的,可怜的 | 1301. pituitary n. 垂体的,粘液的
4. 可怜的, 卑劣的 (形):pithy 有髓的, 含蓄的, 有力的 (形) |pitiable 可怜的, 卑劣的 (形) | pitiably 可怜地; 卑劣地; 凄惨地 (副)
A pitiable portrait of an ailing little boy.
出自:V. S. Pritchett