Miserable; sad.

悲苦的；凄惨的。

Compassionate.

【古】怜悯的；慈悲的。

Insignificant or small.

琐屑的；微小的。

Contemptible.

可鄙的；下贱的。

Pitiful is used of something that calls for pity because it is helpless or pathetic.

Pitiful 指事物之无助或悲怆引人恻悯：

Pitiful may also connote contempt.

有时此字含不屑之意：

That which is piteous arouses pity because of need.

piteous 指因事物之待救济而引人怜悯的：

Pitiable, like pitiful, is sometimes applied to something deserving pity.

pitiable 与 pitiful 同，含有轻蔑之意，有时亦指值得同情的事物：