形容詞 piteous:

1. deserving or inciting pity
   同義詞：hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

1. The other deities were vexed beyond words, but dared attempt no rescue for all her piteous cries.
   別的神祗氣惱萬分，但不敢拯救赫拉，盡管她哭喊得十分凄慘。
2. The politician found the piteous cries of the starving children unbearable.
   這個(gè)政治家發(fā)現(xiàn)饑餓的孩子們可憐的哭聲讓人不忍心聽下去。

pit.e.ous

adj.（形容詞）
Demanding or arousing pity:
可憐的，使人憐憫的：需要或引起憐憫之心的：
例句：
a piteous appeal for help.See Synonyms at pathetic
令人憐憫地請(qǐng)求幫助參見 pathetic

Archaic Pitying; compassionate.
【古語(yǔ)】 可憐的；同情的

來源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French piteus
源自 古法語(yǔ) piteus
from Late Latin pietôsus, poetôsus [merciful]
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) pietôsus, poetôsus [有同情心的]
from Latin piet3s, poet3s [compassion] * see piety
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) piet3s, poet3s [同情] *參見 piety

【引伸】
pit.eously
adv.（副詞）
pit.eousness
n.（名詞）