pitiful的词源

英文词源

pitiful (adj.)

c. 1300, "merciful, compassionate" (implied in pitifully), from pity + -ful. Sense of "exciting or deserving pity" is from mid-15c.; that of "mean, wretched, contemptible" is 1580s. Related: Pitifulness.

中文词源

pitiful：可怜的

来自pity,可怜，同情。

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