piteous在中文中有‘可怜的、慈悲的’的意思，在英美地区还有’哀怨的’的意思，发音音标为[p’iti?s]，在英语中以名词出现较多，在《英语词汇学习小词典》中，共找到61个与piteous相关的用法和句子。
1.可怜的
例句:whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
翻译:他们悲惨凄凉的结局 终于化解双方家长的仇恨。
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2.慈悲的
例句:German refugees told piteous tales of Polish brutality.
翻译:德国难民讲述了遭受波兰残酷的悲惨故事.。
来源：荷林斯高阶英汉词典
3.哀怨的
例句:Do not look upon me, lest with this piteous action you convert my stern intents, so i shed tears, not blood.
翻译:别尽看着我吧 你这种凄切的神情 会动摇了我的意志 使我以眼泪代替血。
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4.令人怜悯的 、哀怨的
例句:tell your piteous heart There’s no harm done.
翻译:尽管安心 没有人受到伤害。
来源：新课标百科词典
piteous一般作为名词使用，在常见短语或俚语中出现较多。
1. Do not look upon me, lest with this piteous action you convert my stern intents, so i shed tears, not blood.
翻译:别尽看着我吧 你这种凄切的神情 会动摇了我的意志 使我以眼泪代替血。
2. tell your piteous heart There’s no harm done.
翻译:尽管安心 没有人受到伤害。
3. They’re looking for a piteous, nameless hunchback. And igor, i would like you to look at yourself.
翻译:伊果，我要你看看自己。
4. And thrice his head thus waving up and down… he raised a sigh so piteous and profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk and end his being.
翻译:把头这样子上下点了三次 发出一声怪沉痛的叹息 好像震地他全身都碎了。
5. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes… a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life… whose misadventured, piteous overthrows… doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
翻译:从此就注定世代为仇… 如流星相遇的一对爱侣殉情… 他们不幸的悲剧改变…。
6. Don’t pretend to be so piteous
翻译:你不要装可怜。
7. Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unlaced, pale as his shirt, and with a look… so piteous in purport,
