pitiful同piteous有咩分別?

請比較以下2句 :

1. The pitiful brothers lost their parents during the air crash.
那對可憐小兄弟, 於空難中, 同時喪失了父母親.

2. The young brothers lost their parents during the air crash. What happed to them was piteous.
那對年幼小兄弟, 於空難中喪失父母, 事件令人感到可憐.

於第一句中的pitiful, 是形容詞, 形容實在的, 可觸摸的物件, 如"小兄弟"

於第二句中的piteous, 都是形容詞, 但描述的是一些抽象的事物, 如"空難中喪失父母"

pitiful
[5pitiful]
adj.
使人同情的, 令人憐憫的, 可憐的
可憐又可鄙的
[古]慈悲的
The orphan was pitiful.
pitifully
adv.
pitifulness
n.

piteous
[5pitiEs]
adj.
哀怨的, 可憐的
The dog gave a piteous cry.
這狗發出可憐的叫聲。

2008-02-11 12:27:25 補充：
The orphan was pitiful.這 孤兒令人憐憫.

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a.
1. 可憐的,令人同情的
The orphan was pitiful.
那個孤兒真是可憐。
2. 可鄙的
I hate his pitiful act.
我討厭他可鄙的行為。
3. 【古】有同情心的,慈悲的
Cora is pitiful to the poor.
柯拉對窮人有憐憫心。





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a.
1. 可憐的,淒慘的;值得憐憫的
We heard piteous sounds of suffering and pain.
我們聽到可憐的痛苦受難的呻吟。