He screwed up his eyes with an air of displeasure, and gazed intently at the figures of the prisoners, who presented a particularly pitiable appearance.

他不悦地眯着眼睛，专注地凝视那些法军俘虏，这些俘虏的样子特别可怜。

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The refugees were in a pitiable state.

难民处境可怜。

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Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure.

她奶奶对她来说似乎是个可怜的人。

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For all her beauty and counter-cultural clout, Sedgwick emerges as a pitiable case.

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In my rapidly evolving fantasy, Blondy became pitiable, myself a rescuer.

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In 1982 rezoning to move development west to Times Square worked all too well, significantly tamping down growth in Midtown East, now at a pitiable 0.06% over the past decade.

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