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单词 pitiful
释义 piti·ful
\ˈpid.]ēfəl, -it], ]əf-\ adjective
(sometimes pitifuller sometimes pitifullest)
Etymology: Middle English petefull, from pete, pite, pitie pity + -full, -ful -ful — more at pity
1.
 a. : deserving or arousing pity : exciting or being such as to excite compassion
  < one of those pitiful refugees of which Europe was full — Upton Sinclair >
 b. : deserving or arousing contemptuous commiseration or pitying contempt : contemptible
  < the pitiful wage scale — H.S.Truman >
2. archaic : full of pity : compassionate, merciful
 < be pitiful to my great woe — John Keats >
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