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单词 pitiably
释义
pitiably
adverb
formal
uk
/ˈpɪt.i.ə.bli/us
/ˈpɪt̬.i.ə.bli/
in a way that makes youfeelsympathy:
可怜地
Hervoiceshookpitiably, but sheforcedherself tospeak.她的声音颤抖着，听上去十分可怜，但她还是强迫自己开口说话。
Theregionwas pitiablypoor40yearsago, when the firsthotelwent up.40年前这里的第一家酒店建成时，这个地区还穷得可怜。
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  • Forty-four mayseema pitiablyyoungageto go.
  • Thesongsareextrovertandangryratherthan pitiablyintrospective.
  • Theirheroes'welcomeuponreturningtotheirTexashometownis pitiablyshort-lived.
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Useless and futile
(Definition ofpitiablyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpitiably

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The net increase over the past 17 years ispitiablysmall.
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It has been done, but on apitiablysmall scale.
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The number promoted from one rank to the other ispitiablysmall.
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We all know that our housing results arepitiablylow.
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Accommodation was erected there for some 18,000 men, and now it is apitiablyderelict concern.
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I have explained that local authorities naturally see difficulty at the moment in making contributions and that the sums they are contributing arepitiablysmall.
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Those who argue against free collective bargaining were not very vociferous in the 1920s and 1930s when central wage bargaining kept wagespitiablylow.
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These proposals arepitiablymean at the present time.
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Men then ask, sopitiably, what can be done about their oppression, about the denial to them of human rights.
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We know that the number of supporting social workers in the community ispitiablyinadequate.
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Our efforts at road development have beenpitiablysmall.
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It seemspitiablysmall when set against the need to train many dozens of rehabilitation workers a year.
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We believe that our proposals for the funding of higher education will increase thepitiablylow percentage of young people from lower income families who currently enter higher education.
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I fear it ispitiablysmall.
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It is stillpitiablylow.
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