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悲伤地;怜悯地;可怜地

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rueful \Rue"ful\, a.
   1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.

   2. Expressing sorrow. ``Rueful faces.'' --Dryden.

            Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
      -- {Rue"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Rue"ful*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

ruefully
     adv : in a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,' he said
           ruefully" [syn: {contritely}, {remorsefully}]