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"