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
- His heart softened at the pitiable sight.
看到这可怜的情景，他的心就软了。 - Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.
处境可怜，特别是因为被抛弃而如此。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
我们若靠基督，只在今生有指望，就算比众人更可怜。 - The thought of deserting his weaker and more pitiable companions never perhaps occurred to him.
他大概从来没有想到撇下比较软弱，可怜的同伴。 - 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。