短語 “a sorry sight” 可以用來形容人或物。形容人時(shí),它多表達(dá) “一副慘兮兮的樣子,一副可憐相”;形容物時(shí),它指 “悲慘的景象,糟糕的狀況”。
After her hike in the mountains, she returned home looking a very sorry sight – soaking wet and covered in mud!
在去山上徒步后,她看上去一副慘相,渾身是泥,濕漉漉的。
You look a sorry sight. Go and have a shower to clean yourself up!
你看起來太慘了,快去洗個(gè)澡把自己弄干凈!
The hotel looked a sorry sight. It was in desperate need of renovation.
這家旅館的狀況很糟糕,急需翻修。