heartrending

🇬🇧/ˈhɑːtˌrendɪŋ/ 🇺🇸/ˈhɑːrtˌrendɪŋ/
GRE sat
You use heartrending to describe something that causes you to feel great sadness and pity. 令人心碎的; 使人悲悯的

adjective [原级] 悲惨的;令人心碎的

It is really heartrending to see his own child sentenced. 看到自己的孩子被判刑真叫人伤心。

heart(心) + rending(撕碎) → 令人心碎的
heartrending

adj.令人心碎的,伤心的,悲惨的

单词造句:
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...heartrending pictures of refugees. ...令人心碎的难民照片。
Jean Valjean directed upon her that heartrending smile to which he occasionally had recourse. 冉阿让向她苦笑,有时他就这样笑着。
With Cosette, and behind her, there had entered a man with white hair who was grave yet smiling, though with a vague and heartrending smile. 在珂赛特后面陪着她进来的是一位白发老人,态度庄重,但含着微笑,可这是一种捉摸不定和沉痛的微笑。