pathetic

英 [pəˈθetɪk]

美 [pəˈθetɪk]

adj.  可怜的; 可悲的; 令人怜惜的; 无力的; 不成功的

复数：pathetics　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6913 / COCA.7927

牛津词典

adj.

• 可怜的；可悲的；令人怜惜的
  making you feel pity or sadness
  1. a pathetic and lonely old man
     可怜又孤独的老翁
  2. The starving children were a pathetic sight.
     饥饿的儿童看起来是一幅凄惨的景象。
• 无力的；不成功的
  weak and not successful
  1. a pathetic excuse
     牵强的借口
  2. She made a pathetic attempt to smile.
     她勉强地微微一笑。
  3. You're pathetic!
     你真是废物！

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可怜的；令人怜悯的；悲惨的
  If you describe a person or animal aspathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them.
  1. ...a pathetic little dog with a curly tail...
     可怜的卷尾巴小狗
  2. 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。
  3. She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic.
     她现在看起来瘦小枯槁，很可怜。
• ADJ-GRADED 差劲的；软弱的；令人生厌的
  If you describe someone or something aspathetic, you mean that they make you feel impatient or angry, often because they are weak or not very good.
  1. What pathetic excuses...
     多差劲的借口啊！
  2. 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。
  3. ...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
  4. Don't be so pathetic.
     别那么讨人厌。

双语例句

• I'm a pathetic disaster.
  我是个可悲的灾星。
• You're so pathetic, you actually think he's gonna come back to you.
  你太可怜了，你真以为他会回来找你。
• 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。
• Don't be so pathetic.
  别那么讨人厌。
• I was in a jealous, insecure, pathetic place.
  我在一个嫉妒的，不安全的，和可怜的位置上。
• How pathetic!
  真让人泄气！
• 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。
• It rained a lot, like crying for me, feeling that I am so pathetic.
  天下了很大的雨，像在可怜我，为我而哭泣。
• He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
  他又发出一声凄惨的呜咽。
• She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic.
  她现在看起来瘦小枯槁，很可怜。