| 单词 | pathetic |
| 释义 | pathetic (pəθetɪk ) 1. adjective 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. The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight. She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic. pathetically (pəθetɪkli ) adverb She was pathetically thin. 2. adjective 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. 'This area is pathetic,' he says. 'It has so few hotels.' ...the pathetic attempts at public speaking made by members of all parties. Don't be so pathetic. pathetically adverb [ADVERB adjective] Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number. Translations: Chinese: 可怜的, 可怜的 Japanese: 哀れな, 哀れな |
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