And what she could earn seemed so pitiably small.

而现在她能挣到的钱似乎太少了。

She tried to be audacious, and failed pitiably.

她试图大胆， 可惜失败了。

How weakly, pitiably, happily she smiled, as she wiped the perspiration from her reddened face!

当她擦去涨红的脸上的汗水时， 她笑得多么虚弱、可怜、快乐！

Adams became pitiably embarrassed. He stammered, coughed, stammered again, wrinkling his face so deeply he seemed about to weep; but finally he contrived to utter an apologetic laugh.

亚当斯变得尴尬得可怜。他结结巴巴，咳嗽，又结结巴巴，脸上的皱纹很深，似乎快要哭出来了。但最后他还是发出了歉意的笑声。