首页英语词典piteouspiteous英英释意

piteous

英 ['pɪtɪəs] 美['pɪtɪəs]
  • adj. 可怜的;哀怨的;慈悲的

英英释意


1. deserving or inciting pity;
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"