pitiful
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Someone or something that is pitiful is so sad, weak, or small that you feel pity for them. 令人同情的; 可憐的
He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted. 他聽上去可憐兮兮地迫切想得到他所想要的。
2. pitifullyADV 令人同情地; 可憐地
His legs were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk. 他的雙腿和他魁梧的上身相比細得可憐。
3. ADJ If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate. 極度欠缺的[表不滿]
The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low. 選擇餘地很小,而且有些産品的質量很差。
4. pitifullyADV 極度欠缺地
State help for the mentally handicapped is pitifully inadequate. 國家對智障者的幫助少得可憐。
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pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfʊl/
剑桥词典
- making people feel sympathy
可憐的,令人同情的
The refugees arriving at the camp had pitiful stories to tell . 觝達營地的難民都有令人同情的故事可講。
used to say that you consider something to be very bad or not satisfactory or not enough
糟糕的;令人不滿意的;不足的
a pitiful state of affairs 糟糕的事態
The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful. 花費在研究該疾病上的時間和金錢少得可憐。 返回 pitiful