| 词汇 | piteous |
| 释义 | piteous adjective uk /ˈpɪt.i.əs/ us /ˈpɪt̬.i.əs/ causing you to feel sadness and sympathy: 使人怜悯的 The kitten gave a piteous cry.小猫可怜巴巴地叫了一声。 Synonyms pitiableformal pitiful Sympathy & compassion aw bad/hard/tough luck!idiom better luck next timeidiom bleeding heart cheese heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heartrending pitifully pitifulness pity pityingly poor relate sensitivity sympathetic sympathize sympathy your heart achesidiom your heart goes out to someoneidiom Related wordspiteously piteousness Examples of piteouspiteous Many persons come to my offices with piteous tales. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His tone is matter of fact and not piteous, and his book is all the more powerful for that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have done all kinds of things for this most unfortunate and piteous class of women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You can always get up and make a piteous and pathetic appeal, but do not let us be carried away by sentiment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some demands, some claims, some piteous appeals there will always be, do what you will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a most piteous case of a governess who had an illegitimate child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The state of a large number of the annuitants was piteous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So much for the cuts and the piteous plight of young people denied their place in education that we were told about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard most piteous complaints by representatives of local authorities that this or that authority is being badly treated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were piteous scenes as young men and women were taken away from their homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And surely the talk about a fall in prices is a most piteous argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Taken on that view alone, this amount is piteous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But is the tale of the yard quite as piteous as has been made out? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not help our constituents when they come to us and make their piteous and pathetic appeals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This council can testify to the piteous character of some of the cases which are postponed from month to month. 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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