pitiable
英 [ˈpɪtiəbl]
美 [ˈpɪtiəbl]
adj. 值得同情的; 可怜的; 卑鄙的; 卑劣的
BNC.35354 / COCA.28858
同义词辨析
pitifulpiteouspitiable【导航词义：可怜的】
pitifuladj. 令人同情的，可怜的
〔辨析〕
指外表或经历令人同情的。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
piteousadj. 〈文〉可怜的，让人怜悯的
〔辨析〕
指表达苦难或悲伤的方式让人心生怜悯的。
〔例证〕
Why did she give a long piteous cry?
为什么她发出一声长长的哀号？
为什么她发出一声长长的哀号？
pitiableadj. 〈正式〉令人怜悯的，可怜的
〔辨析〕
指让人心生怜悯、值得同情的。
〔例证〕
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。
妇女和儿童很容易成为可怜的战争受害者。
牛津词典
adj.
- 值得同情的；可怜的
deserving pity or causing you to feel pity- The refugees were in a pitiable state.
难民处境可怜。
- The refugees were in a pitiable state.
- 卑鄙的；卑劣的
not deserving respect- a pitiable lack of talent
令人遗憾的无能表现
- a pitiable lack of talent
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 值得怜悯（或同情）的；可怜的
Someone who ispitiableis in such a sad or weak state that you feel pity for them.- Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.
祖母在她看来是个可怜的人。
- Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.
双语例句
- The emperor had Been in a state of pitiaBle vacillation
皇帝曾处于令人可怜的举棋不定状态 - Kennedy raised him, it was pitiable to see his feeble limbs bend under him.
肯尼迪扶起了他，他软弱无力地跪下来，那样子叫人看了真心酸。 - She had no fear of the shadows; her sole idea seemed to be to shun mankind-or rather that cold accretion called the world, which, so terrible in the mass, is so unformidable, even pitiable, in its units.
她并不害怕黑夜；她唯一的念头就是避开人类或者不如说是被称作世界的冷酷的生命群体，它作为整体是如此令人可怕，而作为个体却又不那样令人害怕，甚至是可怜的。 - Without etiquette, the society will sink into a pitiable state. Furthermore, the necessary contacts among society members will be disturbed by pointless impulsion and dispute.
社会要是没有礼仪，就会陷入可悲的境地，而社会成员之间所必须的交往就会被无谓的冲动和纠纷所干扰。 - He looks pitiable.
他露出一副可怜相。 - The pitiable rump for which honest social scientists do not care is left as prey to philosophers of history and to people who amuse themselves more than others with professions of faith.
而不为诚信社会科学家所垂青的那点可怜残馀，也成了历史哲学家和唯以表白信仰而自娱者的猎物。 - In grief unspeakable, I give you my hand& you of all women the most pitiable.
在无可言喻的悲伤中，我向你伸出我的手，你是女人中最值得同情的。 - At worst, those words and deeds will seem amusing or pitiable.
在最糟的情况下，那些言行只会显得似乎很有趣或很可悲。 - We dutifully cut out scary things from construction paper and glued together our own artistic efforts, pitiable though they were.
我们认真地用硬板纸裁出吓人的东西，把自己的艺术作品用胶水粘合起来，虽然它们着实不怎么样。 - What is even more pitiable is that a mange dog won't accept help, even when we mean well.
更可怜的是，癞皮狗不会接受帮助，即便我们是善意的。