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”。

• 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。