Compassionate. 【古】怜悯的；慈悲的。 Insignificant or small. 琐屑的；微小的。 Pitiful is used of something that calls for pity because it is helpless or pathetic. Pitiful 指事物之无助或悲怆引人恻悯： a pitiful case of neglect 因疏忽而引起之惨事。 Pitiful may also connote contempt. 有时此字含不屑之意： A pitiful attempt may be inadequate rather than pathetic. 可悲的尝试是指该尝试力有不逮，而非值得怜悯。 That which is piteous arouses pity because of need. piteous 指因事物之待救济而引人怜悯的： Pitiable, like pitiful, is sometimes applied to something deserving pity. pitiable 与 pitiful 同，含有轻蔑之意，有时亦指值得同情的事物： adv. pitifully. n. pitifulness. |