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单词 pitifully
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pitifully

/ˈpɪtɪfʊli / /ˈpɪtɪf(ə)li /
adverb
1In a manner that deserves or arouses pity: the dog whined and cried pitifully [as submodifier]: the children were pitifully thin...
  • The dragon turned to look over its shoulder, flapping its broken wings pitifully.
  • He bobbed to the surface, howling pitifully, his paws thrashing.
  • The exhibition included predictable scenes of patients cowering pitifully in gloomy, overcrowded asylums.
2 [as submodifier] To a very poor or inadequate degree: last week 's turnout was pitifully small pitifully weak military forces...
  • Even their cunning ruses are pitifully obvious.
  • They are more often than not portrayed as pitifully inept.
  • Left to its own devices, it was pitifully unable to mount a serious military operation.
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