adj. 1.可怜的,悲惨的,使人感动的。 2.感伤的;感情(上)的,情绪(上)的。 短语和例子 a pathetic scene (戏剧等的)悲惨场面。 n. 1.〔the pathetic〕感伤性的东西。 2.〔pl.〕可怜的表现[动作];感伤的情绪。 adv. -thetically
inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett 同义词:ridiculous, silly,
inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" 同义词:pitiable, pitiful,
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" 同义词:hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched,
例句与用法
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I never heard anything that sounded so pathetic . 我从未听说过如此悲伤的事了。
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She gave me a pathetic little smile . 她对我凄凉地一笑。
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He is a really pathetic actor . 他实在是个无前途的演员。
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There is something a trifle pathetic about his final query . 最后一问,其情可悯。
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There was something pathetic in his concentration . 他那副专心致志的劲头看上去有点可怜。
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She had kept that pathetic burden in her heart 64 years . 她把这伤心事在自己心里藏了六十四年。
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What was the next step he should take in this pathetic affair ? 对这桩惨案,他第二步应该怎么做?
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She should have worn a pathetic expression when next we met . 下次我们见面时,她会摆出一副苦相的。
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It was a pathetic and wonderful and at the same time a despicable spectacle . 这是一幅悲惨、奇怪而同时又可鄙的景象。
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Her life was a series of ups and downs, which was both comic and pathetic . 她的生活里充满了一系列大起大落,又喜又悲的波涛。