pitiable
英 [ˈpɪtiəbl]
美 [ˈpɪtiəbl]
adj. 值得同情的; 可怜的; 卑鄙的; 卑劣的
BNC.35354 / COCA.28858
同义词辨析
pitifulpiteouspitiable【导航词义：可怜的】
pitifuladj. 令人同情的，可怜的
〔辨析〕
指外表或经历令人同情的。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
piteousadj. 〈文〉可怜的，让人怜悯的
〔辨析〕
指表达苦难或悲伤的方式让人心生怜悯的。
〔例证〕
Why did she give a long piteous cry?
为什么她发出一声长长的哀号？
为什么她发出一声长长的哀号？
pitiableadj. 〈正式〉令人怜悯的，可怜的
〔辨析〕
指让人心生怜悯、值得同情的。
〔例证〕
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。
妇女和儿童很容易成为可怜的战争受害者。
牛津词典
adj.
- 值得同情的；可怜的
deserving pity or causing you to feel pity- The refugees were in a pitiable state.
难民处境可怜。
- The refugees were in a pitiable state.
- 卑鄙的；卑劣的
not deserving respect- a pitiable lack of talent
令人遗憾的无能表现
- a pitiable lack of talent
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 值得怜悯（或同情）的；可怜的
Someone who ispitiableis in such a sad or weak state that you feel pity for them.- Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.
祖母在她看来是个可怜的人。
- Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.
双语例句
- He was in a pitiable condition, very weak, sharing the body of a mediocre wizard.
他当时的处境很可怜，非常虚弱，跟一个平庸的巫师共用一具身体。 - So miserable, so pitiable was the broken man before me.
我面前这个绝望的人是如此可悲，如此可怜。 - That will make your ladyship's situation at present more pitiable; but it will have no effect on me.
那只能使夫人你目前的处境更加可怜；而对我却不会有任何影响。 - Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.
处境可怜，特别是因为被抛弃而如此。 - We dutifully cut out scary things from construction paper and glued together our own artistic efforts, pitiable though they were.
我们认真地用硬板纸裁出吓人的东西，把自己的艺术作品用胶水粘合起来，虽然它们着实不怎么样。 - Without apparel men would go in shameful nudity which would surely lead to the corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered with by needless offences and troubles.
人若不穿衣服，就会一丝不挂，令人耻笑，必然导致道德败坏，社会要是没有礼仪，就会陷入可悲的境地，而社会成员之间所必需的交往就会被无谓的冲突和纠纷所干扰。 - At worst, those words and deeds will seem amusing or pitiable.
在最糟的情况下，那些言行只会显得似乎很有趣或很可悲。 - One would need to have a heart as hard as stone not to be moved by his pitiable plight.
你需要有铁石般的心肠才不致被他可怜的处境所打动。 - The thought of deserting his weaker and more pitiable companions never perhaps occurred to him.
他大概从来没有想到撇下比较软弱，可怜的同伴。 - What is even more pitiable is that a mange dog won't accept help, even when we mean well.
更可怜的是，癞皮狗不会接受帮助，即便我们是善意的。