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
- How desperate the company must be to play this pitiable mind game.
你们一定很想把我搞得神魂颠倒吧。 - 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。 - Deprived of the God who answers prayer, we should be in a more pitiable plight than the dead in the grave, and should soon sink to the same level as the lost in hell.
倘若不能享受应允祈祷的上帝，我们将比在坟墓中的死人更为可怜，很快就会下沈至地狱中，如同那些失丧的人一样。 - Zhang Mo is superb as Fans servant, a feisty, proud and excitable man who becomes a pitiable figure.
张默作为范殿元的仆人非常尽责，他是个精力充沛、充满骄傲而容易激动的人，也是个值得怜悯的人物形象。 - We feel hurt, angry, pitiable, defeated when we experience real suffering.
当我们经验真实的痛苦时，我们感觉受伤、愤怒、可怜，与挫败。 - 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。 - He was in a pitiable condition, very weak, sharing the body of a mediocre wizard.
他当时的处境很可怜，非常虚弱，跟一个平庸的巫师共用一具身体。 - She wouldn't let go, tugging me toward the inner depths of her brothel& but she looked so young and pitiable that I couldn't help thinking that she really wanted me to tug her away.
她不松手，使劲把我往她的妓院深处拽&但她看起来如此年轻又引人怜悯，以至于我忍不住去想她是想让我把她拽走。 - One would need to have a heart as hard as stone not to be moved by his pitiable plight.
你需要有铁石般的心肠才不致被他可怜的处境所打动。 - 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。