| 词汇 | example_english_pitifully |
| 释义 | Examples of pitifullyThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. At that point, in late 1942, there were pitifully few psychiatrists on active duty, and they were already swamped with patients. The child worker stood pitifully at the centre of classical accounts of the first industrial revolution. In view of the existing and probable future needs this part has been pitifully small. Virtually nothing had been done to assure communications while transport facilities were pitifully inadequate, with hospital bases primitive and remote from the front. Those trying to describe the effects of art or music in words would grasp at metaphors which struck the modern man as being pitifully unscientific and reeking of subjectivity. Nothing was done that could possibly injure this vicar in his worldly affairs, in his office, or his pitifully small stipend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those circumstances, are not 10 rubber boats and three helicopters pitifully inadequate in comparison with the actual need? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one takes such an industry as coal, has re-organisation, has the vast expenditure on mechanisation as yet produced anything but pitifully inadequate results? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In most cases, the fines currently handed down by the courts are pitifully low, which prevents the operation of an effective system of deterrence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Lack of cash affects the prize money, which is often pitifully small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are a pitifully miscellaneous set of provisions in many respects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After the autumn statement, growth will still be pitifully low during the coming year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To do so would be pitifully short-sighted and ethically reprehensible. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have lived to bury many tyrants, great and small; and the small usually end more pitifully and more rapidly than the great. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the most frequent criticisms of our legal system is that people are being fined pitifully small amounts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that the cuts of £190 million in the training budget at a time when our training is pitifully inadequate will not be restored. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a pitifully low proportion of the children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, as has been already proved, it is pitifully inadequate for any such purpose as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, on the whole, the amount to be collected is pitifully small in relation to a five-year period of recovery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The profit base is being restored but is still pitifully low and, compared with our competitors, is virtually non-existent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The total provision is pitifully small; but there is no conflict, and need not be any conflict in that field at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not this a pitifully low figure by international standards? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we were reminded that the mechanism for paying pension increases is pitifully obsolete. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is pitifully lower than other developed countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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