Piteous
['pɪtɪəs]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Pious; devout.
(a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
(a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
(a.) Paltry; mean; pitiful.
杰拉尔德編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Sorrowful, mournful, woful, doleful, rueful, affecting, distressing, grievous, moving pity, exciting compassion.[2]. Pitiable, deplorable, wretched, miserable, deserving pity, to be pitied.
校對:洛丽塔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Sad, miserable, deplorable, lamentable, distressing, doleful, pitiable,mournful, woful, affecting, sorrowful
ANT:Joyous, enviable, comfortable, pleasant, desirable, delectable
手打:柯尔斯顿
解釋/意思:
adj. showing or feeling pity: fitted to excite pity: mournful: compassionate: paltry.—adv. Pit′eously.—n. Pit′eousness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- And the child, looking in a very hard and piteous way at his father, bit his lips, clenched his hands, and didn't cry a bit. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Because an illustrious client has placed her piteous case in my hands. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- For a long time no sound broke the deathlike stillness of the jungle midday save the piteous wailing of the tiny man-child. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I rushed forward, fell down, clapped my hand to my face, and became a piteous spectacle. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- And she dropped her voice, and looked so sad and piteous, that everybody felt how cruel her lot was, and how sorry they would be to part with her. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The dressmaker clasped her hands, and uttered a little piteous cry. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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