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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That might be a suitable place for the pitiable humans remaining to contemplate the errors of our supposedly enlightened civilization.

这可能是一个合适的地方，让残存的可怜人们对我们那所谓开悟文明的错误进行深深的反思。

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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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