喜樂美語
  1. 1可憐的；（帶點負面）差勁到可憐的地步

    Pitiful describes something that makes you feel sorry for it, often because it is weak, sad, or in a bad state — like a pitiful little kitten in the rain. It can also mean something is so bad or so small that it is almost , like a pitiful excuse or a pitiful amount of money.

core核心畫面

組成pity (同情、可憐) + -ful (充滿…的)

同家族的字

  • pitypitiful 就是「充滿 pity（同情）」的樣子
  • pitilesspitiless 是相反的意思，指沒有同情心、殘忍

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

pitifuladj/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/

  • 1

    So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

    • Scotland has a pitiful climate.
  • 2

    Eliciting contempt.

  • 3

    Of an amount or number: very small.

    • A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.
  • 4

    archaicFeeling pity; merciful.

    • Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The vvhilſt their ovvne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittifull.
    • Straightway, he now goes on to make a full confession; whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, but still are pitiful.

pitifuladv/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/

  • 1

    dialectalIn a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.

    • ‘She followed ’em, cryin’ pitiful, to the old boat on the Wall[.]’

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