| 词汇 | pitifully |
| 释义 | pitifully adverb uk /ˈpɪt.i.fəl.i/ us /ˈpɪt̬.i.fəl.i/ in a way that makes people feel sympathy: 可怜地 His limbs are pitifully thin, the bones within as fragile as glass.他的四肢瘦得可怜，里面的骨头像玻璃一样易碎。 She had survived so much and yet died so pitifully.她经历了那么多，却死得那么可怜。 in a way that is very bad, unsatisfactory, or not enough: 可怜地;差劲地;欠缺地;无法令人满意地 The work is exhausting and pitifully paid.工作很累，报酬菲薄。 Los Angeles is the most congested city in America, with a pitifully small number of urban parks.洛杉矶是美国最拥堵的城市，城市公园数量少得可怜。 See pitiful The pitifully thin dog desperately needed help. He was so pitifully handicapped it was painful to look at him. The quality of education has deteriorated pitifully. Sympathy & compassion aw bad/hard/tough luck!idiom better luck next timeidiom bleeding heart cheese heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heartrending pitiful 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 pitifullypitifully 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 See all examples of pitifully 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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