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
- What deserves attention is that all of a sudden the enemies of the Chinese people are doing their best to assume a harmless and even a pitiable look readers, please remember that in the future they will try to look pitiable again.
值得注意的是，现在中国人民的敌人忽然竭力装作无害而且可怜的样子了请读者记着，这种可怜相，今后还要装的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - So miserable, so pitiable was the broken man before me.
我面前这个绝望的人是如此可悲，如此可怜。 - Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.
处境可怜，特别是因为被抛弃而如此。 - 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。 - From Chen Yins poetical works, we can see a lovable, pitiable and "pedantic" image somewhat worthy of respect in a feudal society.
通过陈寅的诗作，我们看到封建社会一位可爱、可怜，还有几分可敬的“书呆子”的形象。 - Although scarcely anyone seemed to notice it the boy presented a truly pitiable spectacle.
这孩子的样子实在可怜，不过好象很少有人注意到他。 - His heart softened at the pitiable sight.
看到这可怜的情景，他的心就软了。