Pitiable

(a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.

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• In that, he could not be defended; but if he had injured her, how much more had he injured himself; if her case were pitiable, his was hopeless. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• His anxiety, his eagerness, and affliction at this pass are pitiable to behold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Celia had become less afraid of saying things to Dorothea since this engagement: cleverness seemed to her more pitiable than ever. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• As the last thing on earth that his heart was to warm and soften to, it warmed and softened to this pitiable girl. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• See what a poor, pale, grim phantom I am--more pitiable than formidable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The little children were in a pitiable condition--they all had sore eyes, and were otherwise afflicted in various ways. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He found his brother-in-law in a condition of pitiable infirmity--and dreadfully afraid of Rebecca, though eager in his praises of her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was pitiable that he, who knew the mixed motives on which social judgments depend, should still feel himself so swayed by them. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Mrs. Bennet was really in a most pitiable state. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• What a pitiable, forlorn, disconsolate being I was! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Yes, he said; and, I may add, pitiable. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• What could have happened, then, to bring one of the foremost citizens of London to this most pitiable pass? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The wretched Mr Sampson's position at this agreeable entertainment was truly pitiable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Pitiable as such an attitude seemed to Gerty, she could not judge it as harshly as Selden, for instance, might have done. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The unfortunate tutor was certainly in a state of pitiable agitation when we found him in his chambers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• There was something that touched me as I read this letter, something pitiable in the reiterated appeals to bring Holmes. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• It was really pitiable to be as ignorant of the world as Mrs. Peniston! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She is in a condition of nervous agitation pitiable to see. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was in a pitiable state of reaction, with every nerve in a twitter. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Lydgate thought that there was a pitiable infirmity of will in Mr. Farebrother. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In that case, nothing could be more pitiable or more honourable than the sacrifices she had resolved on. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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