pitiable

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈpɪt.i.ə.bəl]
• 美式音标 [ˈpɪt̬.i.ə.bəl]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.引人怜悯的；可怜的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• They looked like pitiable young boys.
  他们更像可怜的小男孩。
• If you use a smart phone like I do, you never see the pitiable stranger, the tragic stranger, or the lovable stranger.
  如果你像我一样用智能手机，你永远不会看见那些可怜、悲剧或者可爱的陌生人了。
• That might be a suitable place for the pitiable humans remaining to contemplate the errors of our supposedly enlightened civilization.
  这可能是一个合适的地方，让残存的可怜人们对我们那所谓开悟文明的错误进行深深的反思。

权威例句

• The force summoning them back in this pitiable condition is the lame-duck session.
  NPR: Lawmakers Have Full Plate for Lame-Duck Session
• The shaving cream pie thrower did Murdoch a great service by making him look even more vulnerable and pitiable.
  FORBES: Is Rupert Murdoch An Old Fox Or Just Old?
• Ms Hardwick argues with any notion of Melville as pitiable, but she does concede some truth in Lawrence's desperate summary.
  ECONOMIST: American writers

词组短语

短语

• Pitiable City 遗憾的都市
• Pitiable Look 可怜相
• Even Pitiable 甚至如此可怜
• pitiable a 可怜的
• pitiable misery 令人哀怜的不幸

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• →  pitiful

柯林斯英英字典

• Someone who is pitiable is in such a sad or weak state that you feel pity for them.
• pitiably