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Pathetic Pəˈθetɪk Weak Feel Pathetically Pəˈθetɪkli Small Made

Pathetic describes something or someone as sad, weak, and pitiable, or as poor and unsuccessful, often eliciting pity or contempt.

Pathetic means sad and weak, or poor and unsuccessful, evoking pity or contempt.

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/pəθe̱tɪk/
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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。

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  • She was pathetically thin.

    她瘦得可怜。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
  [disapproval]
  • 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

  • Don't be so pathetic.

    别那么讨人厌。

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。


Oxford path·et·ic / pəˈθetɪk ; NAmE pəˈθetɪk / adjective 1 making you feel pity or sadness 可怜的;可悲的;令人怜惜的 SYN
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。
2 ( informal, disapproving) weak and not successful 无力的;不成功的 SYN
feeble
a pathetic excuse 牵强的借口 She made a pathetic attempt to smile. 她勉强地微微一笑。 You're pathetic! 你真是废物!
path·et·ic·al·ly / pəˈθetɪkli ; NAmE pəˈθetɪkli / adverb He cried pathetically. 他哭得很悲伤。 a pathetically shy woman 令人怜悯的腼腆女人
path·et·ic / pəˈθetɪk ; NAmE pəˈθetɪk / path·et·ic·al·ly / pəˈθetɪkli ; NAmE pəˈθetɪkli /
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patheticpa‧thet‧ic /pəˈθetɪk/ ●●○ adjective
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1something or someone that is pathetic is so useless, unsuccessful, or weak that they annoy you:  You’re pathetic! Here, let me do it. I know it sounds pathetic now, but at the time I was frightened. Vic made a pathetic attempt to apologise.2making you feel pity or sympathy:  The child looked a pathetic sight.pathetically /-kli/ adverb:  She whimpered pathetically.
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pathetic

[pəˈθetɪk]

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Spoken:

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可怜的(73%),悲哀的(12%),感伤的(9%),不足的(6%)
adj.可怜的,悲哀的;感伤的;乏味的

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