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| /ˈpɪtɪfl/ |
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| 1 | looking or sounding so unhappy that you feel sympathy and sadness 可怜的；令人同情的 | The scrawny little kitten looked so pitiful out in the rain. 那只骨瘦如柴的小猫在屋外的雨中看起来很可怜。 | | The refugee camp was a pitiful sight. 难民营里一片令人可怜的景象。 | |
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| 2 | extremely bad 糟糕透顶的；极坏的 | a pitiful performance 糟糕透顶的表演 | | a pitiful excuse 蹩脚的借口 | | The way we have been treated is pitiful. 我们受到了极差的对待。 | |
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| 3 | a pitiful amount of something is very small and not enough 极少的；不够的 | pitiful wages 微薄的薪水 | |
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| pitifully adv |
| pitifully thin children 瘦得可怜的儿童 |
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