| 词组 | pitiful |
| 释义 | pitiful You say that someone is pitiful when they are very sad, weak, or unfortunate, and you feel great pity for them. ...a fragile and pitiful old lady. ...his thin, bony legs and his pitiful arms. You can describe the experience of seeing a person like this as pitiful or pitiable. It is pitiful to see old people degraded like that. They are as pitiable a sight as you could imagine. ◊ 'sorry' However, if you feel pity for someone, you do not say that you are 'pitiful' or 'pitiable'. You say that you are sorry for them or feel sorry for them. You often use a word such as 'very' or 'deeply' in front of sorry. He felt extremely sorry for the little boy. He was truly sorry for Marcus. |
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