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Pitiful describes something that makes you feel sorry for it, often because it is weak, sad, or in a bad state — like a pitiful little kitten in the rain. It can also mean something is so bad or so small that it is almost , like a pitiful excuse or a pitiful amount of money.
可憐的；（帶點負面）差勁到可憐的地步
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pitifuladj/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/
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So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
- Scotland has a pitiful climate.
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Eliciting contempt.
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Of an amount or number: very small.
- A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.
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archaicFeeling pity; merciful.
- Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The vvhilſt their ovvne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittifull.
- Straightway, he now goes on to make a full confession; whereupon the mariners became more and more appalled, but still are pitiful.
pitifuladv/ˈpɪt.ɪ.fl̩/
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dialectalIn a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
- ‘She followed ’em, cryin’ pitiful, to the old boat on the Wall[.]’
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。