| 单词 | piteous |
| 释义 | piteous adjective uk/ˈpɪt.i.əs/us/ˈpɪt̬.i.əs/causingyou tofeelsadnessandsympathy: 使人怜悯的Thekittengave a piteouscry.小猫可怜巴巴地叫了一声。 Synonyms pitiableformal pitiful wretched Sympathy & compassion
Examplesofpiteouspiteous Many persons come to my offices withpiteoustales. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His tone is matter of fact and notpiteous, and his book is all the more powerful for that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have done all kinds of things for this most unfortunate andpiteousclass of women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You can always get up and make apiteousand pathetic appeal, but do not let us be carried away by sentiment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some demands, some claims, somepiteousappeals there will always be, do what you will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a mostpiteouscase of a governess who had an illegitimate child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The state of a large number of the annuitants waspiteous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So much for the cuts and thepiteousplight of young people denied their place in education that we were told about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard mostpiteouscomplaints by representatives of local authorities that this or that authority is being badly treated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There werepiteousscenes as young men and women were taken away from their homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And surely the talk about a fall in prices is a mostpiteousargument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Taken on that view alone, this amount ispiteous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But is the tale of the yard quite aspiteousas has been made out? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not help our constituents when they come to us and make theirpiteousand pathetic appeals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This council can testify to thepiteouscharacter of some of the cases which are postponed from month to month. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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