pitiful

a pitiful attempt to stop the ball

卑劣的球方式

the Englishman's heart went out to the pitiful figure.

那个英国人对那可怜的人充满了同情。

It is pitiful to see that the life of an animal in a zoo is spent in an locked iron cage.

看到动物园里的动物一生都被关在铁笼子里,真是令人可怜。

the kitten's pitiful little squeak tugged at her heartstrings.

小猫咪纤细可怜的叫声拨动了她的心弦。

serious inroads had now been made into my pitiful cash reserves.

现在我可怜的所剩无几。

But what has brought the company to such a pitiful condition since I last worked for it?

自我最后一次为该公司工作以来,什么原因使得公司落到这般可怜的境地?

The academic standards in the school were pathetic. Bothpitiful and pitiable apply to what is touchingly sad:

学校的学术水平低得可怜。 Pitiful 和 pitiable 都用于指令人感伤的东西：

Oh, my pitiful tootsy, I can also put on the sock to you, put on the shoe?

唉，我可怜的小脚，我还能给你穿上袜子、穿上鞋子吗？

Oh, my pitiful tootsy, I can also put on the sock to you, put on the shoe?

唉，我可怜的小脚，我还能给你穿上袜子、穿上鞋子吗？

It is pitiful to see that the life of an animal in a zoo is spent in an locked iron cage.

看到动物园里的动物一生都被关在铁笼子里,真是令人可怜。