pitifuladj.
令人同情的；可怜的
deserving or causing you to feel pity
The horse was a pitiful sight (= because it was very thin or sick) .
这匹马看上去可怜兮兮的。
卑微的；卑鄙的
not deserving respect
a pitiful effort/excuse/performance
不精彩的努力 / 借口 / 表现
The dog was whining pitifully.
那条狗可怜巴巴地哀叫着。
She was pitifully thin.
她瘦骨嶙峋，令人怜悯。
The fee is pitifully low.
酬金低得可怜。
pitiful
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ADJ-GRADED 令人怜悯的；使人同情的；可怜的
Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them.He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted...
他听起来既可怜兮兮的，又对想要的东西充满渴望。
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His legs were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk.
他的双腿和他庞大身躯的其他部分相比瘦得可怜。
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ADJ-GRADED 匮乏的；极度欠缺的
If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low...
选择余地极小，而且其中一些产品的质量很差。
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State help for the mentally handicapped is pitifully inadequate.
国家给智障人士提供的帮助远远不够。
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ADJ-GRADED 可鄙的；不值得考虑的
If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it does not deserve respect or consideration.This argument seems to show a pitiful lack of confidence in the capabilities of our juries.
这一论点似乎表现出对我们陪审团能力的极度不信任，而这种不信任是可悲的。
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- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- their efforts were pathetic
- pitiable lack of character
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice
- Synonym: pathetic pitiable
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- deserving or inciting pity
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworth
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- Synonym: hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable poor wretched
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- bad;unfortunate
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
- Synonym: deplorable distressing lamentable sad sorry
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Different from our pitiful lives , your life was happy and sunny .
和我们令人同情的生活不一样的是，你们的生活是幸福和快乐的。
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The University of Minnesota was having a pitiful football season .
当时明尼苏达大学正经历一个令人同情的橄榄球赛季。
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The horse was a pitiful sight .
这匹马看上去可怜兮兮的。
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The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low
选择余地极小，而且其中一些产品的质量很差。
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The farmers pay pitiful wages , often in the form of food and clothes .
农场主支付的报酬少得可怜，还经常是以食物和衣服的形式。
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He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted
他听起来既可怜兮兮的，又对想要的东西充满渴望。
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This argument seems to show a pitiful lack of confidence in the capabilities of our juries .
这一论点似乎表现出对我们陪审团能力的极度不信任，而这种不信任是可悲的。
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That little boy was in a very pitiful condition .
那个小男孩处于非常可怜的境地中。
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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。
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No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes .
见此惨状，无不落泪。
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The girl 's pitiful history would wring one 's withers .
这女孩子的经历令人心碎。
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But what has brought the company to such a pitiful condition since I last worked for it ?
自我最后一次为该公司工作以来，什么原因使得公司落到这般可怜的境地？
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They stood fixed , their baffled hearts looking out of their eyes with a joylessness pitiful to see .
他们都死挺挺地站着，都把心里的挫折委屈，在眼神里表示出来，眼神里则凄怆悲伤，让人看着都可怜。
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It is time to end your pitiful life now .
看来是时候结束你那可怜的人生。
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Capacity without education is pitiful ; education without capacity is throw away .
有才干缺教育令人可惜；有教育缺才干被人抛弃。
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You come back yet never asked who saved your pitiful life .
回来报仇，也不问问谁救了你的小命。
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Who do you think is the most pitiful man in the world ?
谁是世上最可怜的人？
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So pitiful , she one injured child , let each Chinese regret !
好可怜，她就是一个受伤的孩子，让每个中国人的都心痛呀！
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They did not give the children food or water ; the children were very pitiful .
不给他们吃东西和喝水，小孩子非常可怜。
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He was hiding from the pitiful look in people 's eyes .
他在躲避大家怜悯的目光。
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I see him as one of those pitiful things sometimes born in hospitals .
我觉得他不过是那种有时在医院出生的可怜虫中的一员
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To Buddha we must all seem like pitiful blind babies .
佛眼中的我们就像可怜的瞎眼婴儿。
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The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful .
在研究这种疾病上花的时间和金钱是少得可怜的。
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There was something so pitiful about buying small sizes of everything .
买一切小号的东西真可怜。
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I 've lost my job , so of course I 'm pitiful .
我失了业，当然可怜；
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Especially that pitiful little school girl !
尤其是那个可怜的小女生！
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I almost see her , pitiful as she is .
我几乎可以想象到她装可怜的样子。
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How could I not stop by after all those pitiful messages you left ?
收到你那么多可怜的留言我怎么能不过来看看呢？
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A pitiful sound of a human being in unbearable pain .
痛苦不堪之人的一声哀叹。
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She refused to let either Sunshine or me get near that pitiful little body .
它拒绝阳光或是我接近那个可怜的小尸体。
指外表或经历令人同情的。
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。
指表达苦难或悲伤的方式让人心生怜悯的。
Why did she give a long piteous cry?
为什么她发出一声长长的哀号？
指让人心生怜悯、值得同情的。
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。