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pathetic
[英] [pəˈθetik] [美] [pəˈθɛtɪk] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 可怜的；令人怜悯的；悲惨的 If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them. 

  • ...a pathetic little dog with a curly tail...

    可怜的卷尾巴小狗

  • The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight...

    这一小群旁观者看起来真是让人悲哀。

  • She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic.

    她现在看起来瘦小枯槁，很可怜。

pathetically

  • She was pathetically thin.

    她瘦得可怜。

2. ADJ-GRADED 差劲的；软弱的；令人生厌的 If you describe someone or something as pathetic, you mean that they make you feel impatient or angry, often because they are weak or not very good. 

  • What pathetic excuses...

    多差劲的借口啊！

  • It's a pound for a small glass of wine, which is pathetic.

    一小杯葡萄酒要1英镑，真差劲。

  • ...the pathetic attempts at public speaking made by members of all parties...

    所有政党党员在公开演讲时所作的令人生厌的尝试

pathetically

  • Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number.

    18人的小组中只有5个女性，真是少得可怜。

Adjective

1. deserving or inciting pity;

  • "a hapless victim"
  • "miserable victims of war"
  • "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
  • "piteous appeals for help"
  • "pitiable homeless children"
  • "a pitiful fate"
  • "Oh, you poor thing"
  • "his poor distorted limbs"
  • "a wretched life"

2. inspiring mixed contempt and pity;

  • "their efforts were pathetic"
  • "pitiable lack of character"
  • "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

3. inspiring scornful pity;

  • "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

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1. I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.
我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。

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2. The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.
这只动物低声哀叫，令人怜悯。

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