| 词汇 | pitiably |
| 释义 | pitiably adverb formaluk /ˈpɪt.i.ə.bli/ us /ˈpɪt̬.i.ə.bli/ in a way that makes you feel sympathy: 可怜地 Her voice shook pitiably, but she forced herself to speak.她的声音颤抖着，听上去十分可怜，但她还是强迫自己开口说话。 The region was pitiably poor 40 years ago, when the first hotel went up.40年前这里的第一家酒店建成时，这个地区还穷得可怜。 See pitiable Forty-four may seem a pitiably young age to go. The songs are extrovert and angry rather than pitiably introspective. Their heroes' welcome upon returning to their Texas hometown is pitiably short-lived. 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Useless and futile Examples of pitiablypitiably The net increase over the past 17 years is pitiably small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been done, but on a pitiably small scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number promoted from one rank to the other is pitiably small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that our housing results are pitiably low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Accommodation was erected there for some 18,000 men, and now it is a pitiably derelict concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have explained that local authorities naturally see difficulty at the moment in making contributions and that the sums they are contributing are pitiably small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who argue against free collective bargaining were not very vociferous in the 1920s and 1930s when central wage bargaining kept wages pitiably low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These proposals are pitiably mean at the present time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Men then ask, so pitiably, what can be done about their oppression, about the denial to them of human rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that the number of supporting social workers in the community is pitiably inadequate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our efforts at road development have been pitiably small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems pitiably small when set against the need to train many dozens of rehabilitation workers a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that our proposals for the funding of higher education will increase the pitiably low percentage of young people from lower income families who currently enter higher education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear it is pitiably small. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is still pitiably low. 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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