Word · Frequency #20451
pitifully
可怜地；令人怜悯地
核心释义
to a pitiful degree
- 1.
可怜地
In a pitiful manner.
可怜地；令人怜悯地；可恨地
用法In use
Their apartment is pitifully small for a family of four.
用法提示：副词 pitifully 放在形容词 small 前，表示“小得可怜”的程度。
She did pitifully little work this week.
用法提示：副词 pitifully 修饰限定词 little，强调工作量少得令人怜悯。
The team played pitifully in yesterday's match.
用法提示：副词 pitifully 修饰动词 played，说明球队表现差到令人怜悯。
pitifully + adjective
作程度副词，表示“到令人怜悯的程度”，常放在形容词前加强语气，可译为“……得可怜”。
Their pay was pitifully low.
他们的工资低得可怜。
verb + pitifully
作方式副词，修饰动作，表示“带着可怜的神情”或“令人怜悯地”。
She looked at him pitifully.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- pitifully small
- 小得可怜
- The apartment was pitifully small for a family of five.这个公寓对于一个五口之家来说小得可怜。
- pitifully inadequate
- 严重不足
- The government's response to the crisis was pitifully inadequate.政府对这场危机的回应严重不足。
- pitifully thin
- 瘦得可怜
- He looked pitifully thin in his hospital gown.他穿着病号服，看上去瘦得可怜。
- pitifully weak
- 弱得可怜
- His voice was pitifully weak.他的声音虚弱得可怜。
- pitifully low
- 低得可怜
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一只小狗掉进坑(pit)里，可怜地(pitifully)望着你——用pit记字形，ly表示副词，动作透着可怜。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙述 该词在口语和书面语中都比较常见，多表示“可怜地”或“少得可怜地”。具体语气常随搭配变化，例如 pitifully inadequate 常表示“极其不足”。使用时可先判断是用于具体动作还是程度强调。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
pitifully 读作 /ˈpɪtɪfəli/。没有常见词与它完全押韵。beautifully /ˈbjuːtɪfəli/、dutifully /ˈduːtɪfəli/、thankfully /ˈθæŋkfəli/ 都以 -fully 结尾，发音也以 /fəli/ 结尾，但重读元音不同，所以不押韵。piteous /ˈpɪtiəs/ 和 piteously /ˈpɪtiəsli/ 只是开头拼写相似，结尾发音与 pitifully 很不一样。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.