pitiful

adj.

1. 令人同情的；可怜的
   deserving or causing you to feel pity
   1. The horse was a pitiful sight (= because it was very thin or sick) .
      这匹马看上去可怜兮兮的。
2. 卑微的；卑鄙的
   not deserving respect
   1. a pitiful effort/excuse/performance
      不精彩的努力 / 借口 / 表现

1. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. It was the most pitiful sight I had ever seen.
      这是我看到过的最令人同情的一幕。
2. ADJ-GRADED 匮乏的；极度欠缺的
   If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
3. 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.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
   这女孩子的经历令人心碎。
6. No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.
   见此惨状，无不落泪。
7. 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。
8. 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？
9. I think people who have no hobbies are pitiful, because hobbies are the headspring of happiness;
   我觉得没有爱好的人是悲哀的，因为爱好是我们获得快乐的源泉；
10. I see myself pitiful and hated.
    我好可怜被人讨厌。
11. I could hear their pitiful cries for help.
    我能听到他们可怜的呼救声。
12. How pitiful, so I play with him.
    多可怜啊，所以我常跟他一起玩。
13. He was going away from them, his pitiful, dishonored children that were welcome nowhere.
    他要跟槁件告别了&他那些到处不受欢迎的、受到侮辱的可怜的孩子们。
14. It makes them feel lonely and pitiful.
    它使得他们感到孤单和痛苦。
15. 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！
16. Their suffering was pitiful to see.
    他们受的苦让人见了感到同情。
17. 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。
18. He decides to wield his pitiful weapon.
    他决定动用他的可怜的武器了。
19. 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。
20. It was so pitiful we lost this match again.
    多可惜又输了这场比赛！
21. The most pitiful and agonising thing is not being true to oneself.
    不忠于自己的人；是世上最可怜和最痛苦的。
22. She was so docile, she was almost pitiful.
    她非常的温顺，她几乎让人有了怜悯之心。
23. 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？
24. 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。
25. Pitiful creature of darkness* What kind of life has you known?
    可怜的黑暗中的动物，你体验到的到底是什么样的生活？
26. I've lost my job, so of course I'm pitiful.
    我失了业，当然可怜；
27. It seemed such a pitiful stupid trap.
    这好像真是个又可怜又笨拙的圈套。
28. When a person, to the time of him life self-distrust, be very pitiful?
    当一个人，对自己生命没有信心的时间，是不是很可怜？
29. It was mama's pitiful weeping that brought tears to my eyes.
    我倒是为妈妈哭得可怜而也落了泪。
30. My pitiful big dog which were painful for really half an hour, Ha-ha!
    可怜的大狗啊，痛苦了快半个小时，呵呵！

  pitiful piteous pitiable【导航词义：可怜的】

  pitiful adj. 令人同情的，可怜的

〔辨析〕指外表或经历令人同情的。

  piteous adj. 〈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。

  pitiable adj. 〈正式〉令人怜悯的，可怜的

〔辨析〕指让人心生怜悯、值得同情的。