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单词 pitiful
释义
pitiful
adjective
uk
/ˈpɪt.i.fəl/us
/ˈpɪt̬.i.fəl/
makingpeoplefeelsympathy:
可怜的，令人同情的
Therefugeesarrivingat thecamphad pitifulstoriestotell.抵达营地的难民都有令人同情的故事可讲。
C2
used to say that youconsidersomething to be verybador notsatisfactoryor not enough:
糟糕的；令人不满意的；不足的
a pitifulstateofaffairs糟糕的事态
Theamountoftimeandmoneybeingspentonresearchingthisdiseaseis pitiful.花费在研究该疾病上的时间和金钱少得可怜。
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pitifully
pitifulness
(Definition ofpitifulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pitiful| American Dictionary

pitiful
adjective
us
/ˈpɪt̬·ɪ·fəl/
(alsopitiable,us/ˈpɪt̬·i·ə·bəl/)
Somethingdescribedas pitiful is notconsideredto besatisfactoryordeservingofrespect:
Thepartyis a pitifulexampleof anoppositionparty.

pitifully

adverb[not gradable]us
/ˈpɪt̬·ɪ·fə·li,-fli/(alsopitiably,us/ˈpɪt̬·i·ə·bli/)
I was pitifullyill-informed.
(Definition ofpitifulfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpitiful

pitiful
Whatpitifuldoom struck you down?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Howpitifulit all is—fiddling while the pound is burning.
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On a more serious note, democratic scrutiny of these declarations is, of course,pitiful.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
If we look at the situation regarding the application of conventions in the same area, we see that the situation ispitiful.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We must finally stop seeing minority groups, such as immigrants, aspitiful.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I think that that is apitifulapproach.
From the
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The sight of a magnificent animal such as this being in terror of a human being is, to put it mildly,pitiful.
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I am not going over thepitifulstory of the advance and the withdrawal.
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There is apitifulmembership in this country which, at the beginning of 1961, numbered some 27,000.
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He drew a mostpitifulpicture of the condition of the officers of this force.
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In fact, they are poor,pitifulcreatures forced to live in these conditions.
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We have apitifulshare of the regional fund of £262 million which will build one mile of motorway.
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The new proposals represent apitifulpicture for over 213,000 employees in that industry.
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In fact, it indicated possibly a state of mental adolescence bordering almost on the indecent or thepitiful.
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We are dealing with a transparent and perhapspitifullittle bribe.
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