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pitiable 音标拼音: [p'ɪtiəbəl] a. 可怜的;卑鄙的; [惨的 可怜的;卑鄙的; [惨的 pitiable adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" [synonym: {pathetic}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}] 2: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [synonym: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate}, {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}] Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. [1913 Webster] Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. [1913 Webster] -- {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
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