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pitiableness

/pit-ee-uh-buhl/US // ˈpɪt i ə bəl //UK // (ˈpɪtɪəbəl) //

怜悯,恻隐之心,怜悯之心,悲悯

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : evoking or deserving pity; lamentable: pitiable, homeless children.
    • : evoking or deserving contemptuous pity; miserable; contemptible: a pitiable lack of character.

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Examples

  • Maybe he had taken pity on me, doing a charitable deed by showing affection to a pitiable fat girl.

  • Syrians are being massacred nearly every day, and sending out pitiable cries for help.

  • The pitiable last photo of the naked megastar projected into the courtroom as Rogers testified is unforgettable.

  • Amy is, at most, a pitiable woman trapped in a marriage that she has no idea how to fix.

  • All around us, pundits spend their time bemoaning the pitiable state of men.

  • Eerie orange cones captured in an aerial photograph will show each precise spot where a part of this pitiable child came to rest.

  • A very few weeks flew over the head of the needy man, before he was reduced to the same pitiable straits.

  • He cursed himself inwardly for a fool and a dolt—the more pitiable because he accounted himself cunning above others.

  • This loss, more than anything else, brought home to the monarch his pitiable condition.

  • Surely this pitiable case ought to be brought to the attention of the Actors' Benevolent Association.

  • His eyes were fixed and staring, and his face deadly pale, presenting altogether a most pitiable and wretched spectacle.