piteously
副词 adv.
英文释义
副词 adv.
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In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.
— He had been quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waistcoat, with a monstrous iron safe attached to its ankle, who cried piteously at being unable to assist a wretched woman with an infant, whom it saw below, upon a door-step.
词源
From Middle English piteuously, pitously; equivalent to piteous + -ly.
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