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pathetic

adjective
🔊/pəˈθetɪk/
🔊/pəˈθetɪk/
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  1. making you feel sad 可怜的；可悲的；令人怜惜的synonym pitiful
    • a pathetic and lonely old man可怜又孤独的老翁
    • The starving children were a pathetic sight.饥饿的儿童看起来是一幅凄惨的景象。🔊🔊
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    • There was something a little pathetic about her.她有些可悲。
    • She thought he looked a pathetic figure of a man.她以为他看起来像一个可怜的男人。
  2. (informal, disapproving) weak and not successful无力的；不成功的 synonym feeble
    • a pathetic excuse牵强的借口
    • She made a pathetic attempt to smile.她勉强地微微一笑。🔊🔊
    • I know it sounds pathetic, but I can’t ride a bike.我知道这听上去显得我很不济，但我真不会骑自行车。
    • You're pathetic!你真是没用！🔊🔊
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    • The whole thing is absolutely pathetic.整个事情绝对是可悲的。
    • What a pathetic little wimp you are, Graham!你真可怜，格雷厄姆！
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘affecting the emotions’): via late Latin from Greek pathētikos ‘sensitive’, based on pathos ‘suffering’.