短语 “a sorry sight” 可以用来形容人或物。形容人时,它多表达 “一副惨兮兮的样子,一副可怜相”;形容物时,它指 “悲惨的景象,糟糕的状况”。
例句
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,她看上去一副惨相,浑身是泥,湿漉漉的。
You look a sorry sight. Go and have a shower to clean yourself up!
你看起来太惨了,快去洗个澡把自己弄干净!
The hotel looked a sorry sight. It was in desperate need of renovation.
这家旅馆的状况很糟糕,急需翻修。