2、pity也可作“可惜的事,令人遗憾的事”解,为可数名词,但往往只用于单数形式,前面常加不定冠词a,常用于“It is/was a pity...”结构,其后可接动词不定式,也可接that从句。在口语中that可以省略,that从句中有时可用虚拟语气。有时还可以把it is省去,直接用pity作为句子的开头。
1、pitiful英[ˈpɪtɪfl]美[ˈpɪtɪfl],adj.令人同情的; 可怜的; 卑微的; 卑鄙的。 2、[例句]Different from our pitiful lives, your life was happy and sunny.和我们令人同情的生活不一样的是,你们的生活是幸福和快乐的。
1. pitiful 近义词或词组wretchedness | lamentableners | ruefulness | pity | painfulness | sorriness | wretched | abjectness | miserable | miserableness 例句与用法1. 那个病人处于一种非常可怜的状况。 The patient was in a pitiful condition. 2. 他同情那些无家可归的可怜人。 He has sympathy for those homeless wretches. 3. 她看上去又可怜又孤独,对于答应来看她的朋友的到来已不抱希望。 She looked wretched and forlorn, despairing of the arrival of a friend who had promised to meet her. 4. 你这个可怜虫! You miserable worm! 5. 哦天哪,你这个可怜的人儿。 Oh dear, I am ever so sorry. 6. 我不能不可怜他。 I cannot but pity him. 7. 我可怜这位老人。 I feel pity for the old man. 8. 你应该可怜他。 You should take pity on him. 可怜的小孩:the pitiful child