Pitiable
['pɪtɪəb(ə)l] or ['pɪtɪəbl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
贺拉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Deplorable, wretched, miserable, piteous, deserving pity, to be pitied.
詹妮校對
同義詞及反義詞:
[See PITEOUS]
德洛丽丝校對
例句/造句/用法:
- In that, he could not be defended; but if he had injured her, how much more had he injured himself; if her case were pitiable, his was hopeless. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- His anxiety, his eagerness, and affliction at this pass are pitiable to behold. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Celia had become less afraid of saying things to Dorothea since this engagement: cleverness seemed to her more pitiable than ever. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As the last thing on earth that his heart was to warm and soften to, it warmed and softened to this pitiable girl. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- See what a poor, pale, grim phantom I am--more pitiable than formidable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The little children were in a pitiable condition--they all had sore eyes, and were otherwise afflicted in various ways. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He found his brother-in-law in a condition of pitiable infirmity--and dreadfully afraid of Rebecca, though eager in his praises of her. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It was pitiable that he, who knew the mixed motives on which social judgments depend, should still feel himself so swayed by them. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Mrs. Bennet was really in a most pitiable state. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- What a pitiable, forlorn, disconsolate being I was! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Yes, he said; and, I may add, pitiable. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- What could have happened, then, to bring one of the foremost citizens of London to this most pitiable pass? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The wretched Mr Sampson's position at this agreeable entertainment was truly pitiable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Pitiable as such an attitude seemed to Gerty, she could not judge it as harshly as Selden, for instance, might have done. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The unfortunate tutor was certainly in a state of pitiable agitation when we found him in his chambers. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- There was something that touched me as I read this letter, something pitiable in the reiterated appeals to bring Holmes. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- It was really pitiable to be as ignorant of the world as Mrs. Peniston! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- She is in a condition of nervous agitation pitiable to see. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He was in a pitiable state of reaction, with every nerve in a twitter. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Lydgate thought that there was a pitiable infirmity of will in Mr. Farebrother. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- In that case, nothing could be more pitiable or more honourable than the sacrifices she had resolved on. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
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