pitiable

英式音标：[ˈpɪtiəbl]

美式音标：[ˈpɪtiəbəl]

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概况：

adj. 可怜的

词义：

adj.

使人怜悯的，可怜的，可鄙的；可悲；

英英释义

pitiable[ 'pitiəbl ]

adj.

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

"pitiable lack of character"

同义词：patheticpitiful

deserving or inciting pity

"pitiable homeless children"

同义词：haplessmiserablemisfortunatepatheticpiteouspitifulpoorwretched

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

After the fire, everything was in a pitiable state.
火灾过后的现场，看上去景象悲凄。

The sick cat was a pitiable sight.
那只生病的猫样子很可怜。

His heart softened at the pitiable sight.
看到这可怜的情景，他的心就软了。

权威例句

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‘The Love of a Pitiable Dog’: Gregariousness, Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Twentieth-Century British Social Psychology

‘The Love of a Pitiable Dog’: Gregariousness, Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Twentieth-Century British Social Psychology

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同义词：wretched,poor,pathetic

同根词：pitying,pity,pitifully,pitiful,pitiably,piteously,piteous

英语词源：

pitiable (adj.)

mid-15c., "merciful, compassionate," from Old French piteable "compassionate, merciful, pious" (13c.; Modern French pitoyable), from piteer "to pity" (see pity). Meaning "deserving pity" is recorded from late 15c. Related: Pitiably.

造句：

1. Be in a sorry [pitiaBle, wretched] plight

处境困窘

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2. He looks pitiable.

他露出一副可怜相。

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3. In a pitiable condition

形景可怜

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4. A person regarded as pitiable or contemptible.

被认为可怜或可鄙的人

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5. Is it not pitiable?

讵非可惜

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6. pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.

处境可怜，特别是因为被抛弃而如此。

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7. a pitiable lack of talent

可鄙的无能.

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8. His heart softened at the pitiable sight.

看到这可怜的情景，他的心就软了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

9. contemptible; despicable; mean; pitiful; pitiable

可鄙

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

10. The sick cat was a pitiable sight.

那只生病的猫样子很可怜。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句