英语词汇“pathetic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINpathetic

Origin:

1500-1600 French pathétique, from Latin, from Greek, from paschein ‘to suffer’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

pathetic images of half-starved children
a pathetic attempt at seduction
I can't believe we wasted our money on that pathetic comedian last night.
She's clever, but as a teacher she's pathetic.
The movie's special effects are absolutely pathetic.
There is something pathetic about a 40-year-old man who still has his mother do his laundry.
We found a small dog sitting outside the back door, looking pathetic.
Yang looked at me with a pathetic expression on his face.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And she found it interesting that Sandra would project her own pathetic pursuit of Matthew on to some one else.
But each day the silence worked on me-and my pathetic longing.
Even worse, it sounded pathetic.
How pathetic they had seemed at the time, how weak, their eyes blazing with fear, like trapped animals.
I just felt pathetic, ashamed, embarrassed and ugly.
It was really pathetic, meeting him like that in the flower shop.
The arrogance of some of the has-beens in the Athletico squad is pathetic.

Longman Language Activatorvery bad at doing something► terrible/awful/hopeless

also useless British very bad at doing something, or doing something very badly: · Poor Daniel. He loves football but he's a terrible player.· She'll never pass the exam -- she's an awful student.· Make sure you bring a map -- Erin has a hopeless sense of direction.terrible/awful/hopeless at: · My brother's a computer genius but he's useless at everything else.terrible/awful/hopeless at doing something: · The manager made John a barman as he was obviously hopeless at waiting on tables.

► lousy

especially spoken very bad at doing something: · I'm such a lousy cook that I usually eat out.lousy at: · I was lousy at biology in school.

► pathetic

use this about someone who is so bad at doing something that you have no respect for them: · She's clever, but as a teacher she's pathetic.· I can't believe we wasted our money on that pathetic comedian last night.

► incompetent

use this about someone who cannot do their job at all and should not be doing it: · This government is totally incompetent.· Legislators are planning a new bill that will protect patients from incompetent doctors.

► can't do something to save your life

informal to be very bad at something even though you would like to be able to do it properly: can't draw/paint/cook/act etc to save your life: · Adrian can't draw to save his life.· You don't expect me to take part in the play, do you? I can't act to save my life.· The truth is I couldn't write poetry to save my life.

relating to someone who is so unlucky, so unhappy etc that you feel sorry for them► poor

especially spoken use this to talk to or about someone that you feel sorry for: · The poor girl gets blamed for everything that goes wrong.· Poor baby. Come here and let me give you a cuddle.poor old informal: · I hear poor old Steve broke his ankle.

► pitiful

a pitiful person looks or sounds very sad and unlucky and you feel very sorry for them: · John looked pitiful, his whole body weak with exhaustion.· the pitiful cries of an injured puppy· The horses were in a pitiful condition, thin and covered with sores.

► pathetic

someone who is pathetic is someone that you feel sorry for even though you often also have no respect for them: · There is something pathetic about a 40-year-old man who still has his mother do his laundry.· Yang looked at me with a pathetic expression on his face.· We found a small dog sitting outside the back door, looking pathetic.

► wretched

someone who is wretched is very unhappy or unlucky, so that you feel very sorry for them - used especially in literature: · With a violent drunkard for a husband, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror.· Billy lay on the bed, wretched and close to tears.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a pathetic/lame excuse

(=very weak)· That’s the most pathetic excuse I’ve ever heard.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► how

· All Theda's earlier resentment faded with the onset of pity. How pathetic a creature she was, poor Lady Lavinia!

► rather

· It was rather pathetic, like an ageing colonel looking back on the days of Empire.· Alien in themselves, they represent a rather pathetic attempt to enliven city centres which are essentially lifeless.· It was rather pathetic sometimes because he was upset at somebody going down on a discipline charge and getting the sack.· Not a bad achievement, especially when compared to humankind's rather pathetic four hundred thousand.

► so

· Or maybe it hadn't been so pathetic.· Louis Blues and wonder why he was so pathetic in Los Angeles last season.· Some time later, near home-time, I don't find it so pathetic.

NOUN► attempt

· What a contrast with the pathetic attempts by Mr Major and Norman Lamont to blame others for their coming public spending cuts.· It is a pathetic attempt to institutionalize dysfunction and to establish an idol.· Alien in themselves, they represent a rather pathetic attempt to enliven city centres which are essentially lifeless.· Afterward, Mr Dent walks him home, shares a nightcap and makes a pathetic attempt at seduction.· A pathetic attempt to use proto-scientific methods to ascertain and then apprehend the transcendent.· To be truly modern means to accept the process of change without pathetic attempts to prevent it from running its course.

► excuse

· Crowe offered a pathetic excuse about investigating woodworm infestation for his nature column, but I soon beetled the truth out of him.

► fallacy

· It was all just like a pathetic fallacy.

► figure

· Clowns in the social world of soccer fans, are the pathetic figures who will never make it.· But it still remains significant that some of the pathetic figures are to be found on funerary urns.· She thought he looked a pathetic figure of a man.· A pathetic figure, to be sure.

单词	pathetic
释义	patheticpa‧thet‧ic /pəˈθetɪk/ ●●○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINpathetic Origin: 1500-1600 French pathétique, from Latin, from Greek, from paschein ‘to suffer’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES pathetic images of half-starved children a pathetic attempt at seduction I can't believe we wasted our money on that pathetic comedian last night. She's clever, but as a teacher she's pathetic. The movie's special effects are absolutely pathetic. There is something pathetic about a 40-year-old man who still has his mother do his laundry. We found a small dog sitting outside the back door, looking pathetic. Yang looked at me with a pathetic expression on his face. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And she found it interesting that Sandra would project her own pathetic pursuit of Matthew on to some one else. But each day the silence worked on me-and my pathetic longing. Even worse, it sounded pathetic. How pathetic they had seemed at the time, how weak, their eyes blazing with fear, like trapped animals. I just felt pathetic, ashamed, embarrassed and ugly. It was really pathetic, meeting him like that in the flower shop. The arrogance of some of the has-beens in the Athletico squad is pathetic. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorvery bad at doing something► terrible/awful/hopeless also useless British very bad at doing something, or doing something very badly: · Poor Daniel. He loves football but he's a terrible player.· She'll never pass the exam -- she's an awful student.· Make sure you bring a map -- Erin has a hopeless sense of direction.terrible/awful/hopeless at: · My brother's a computer genius but he's useless at everything else.terrible/awful/hopeless at doing something: · The manager made John a barman as he was obviously hopeless at waiting on tables. ► lousy especially spoken very bad at doing something: · I'm such a lousy cook that I usually eat out.lousy at: · I was lousy at biology in school. ► pathetic use this about someone who is so bad at doing something that you have no respect for them: · She's clever, but as a teacher she's pathetic.· I can't believe we wasted our money on that pathetic comedian last night. ► incompetent use this about someone who cannot do their job at all and should not be doing it: · This government is totally incompetent.· Legislators are planning a new bill that will protect patients from incompetent doctors. ► can't do something to save your life informal to be very bad at something even though you would like to be able to do it properly: can't draw/paint/cook/act etc to save your life: · Adrian can't draw to save his life.· You don't expect me to take part in the play, do you? I can't act to save my life.· The truth is I couldn't write poetry to save my life. relating to someone who is so unlucky, so unhappy etc that you feel sorry for them► poor especially spoken use this to talk to or about someone that you feel sorry for: · The poor girl gets blamed for everything that goes wrong.· Poor baby. Come here and let me give you a cuddle.poor old informal: · I hear poor old Steve broke his ankle. ► pitiful a pitiful person looks or sounds very sad and unlucky and you feel very sorry for them: · John looked pitiful, his whole body weak with exhaustion.· the pitiful cries of an injured puppy· The horses were in a pitiful condition, thin and covered with sores. ► pathetic someone who is pathetic is someone that you feel sorry for even though you often also have no respect for them: · There is something pathetic about a 40-year-old man who still has his mother do his laundry.· Yang looked at me with a pathetic expression on his face.· We found a small dog sitting outside the back door, looking pathetic. ► wretched someone who is wretched is very unhappy or unlucky, so that you feel very sorry for them - used especially in literature: · With a violent drunkard for a husband, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror.· Billy lay on the bed, wretched and close to tears. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a pathetic/lame excuse (=very weak)· That’s the most pathetic excuse I’ve ever heard. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► how · All Theda's earlier resentment faded with the onset of pity. How pathetic a creature she was, poor Lady Lavinia! ► rather · It was rather pathetic, like an ageing colonel looking back on the days of Empire.· Alien in themselves, they represent a rather pathetic attempt to enliven city centres which are essentially lifeless.· It was rather pathetic sometimes because he was upset at somebody going down on a discipline charge and getting the sack.· Not a bad achievement, especially when compared to humankind's rather pathetic four hundred thousand. ► so · Or maybe it hadn't been so pathetic.· Louis Blues and wonder why he was so pathetic in Los Angeles last season.· Some time later, near home-time, I don't find it so pathetic. NOUN► attempt · What a contrast with the pathetic attempts by Mr Major and Norman Lamont to blame others for their coming public spending cuts.· It is a pathetic attempt to institutionalize dysfunction and to establish an idol.· Alien in themselves, they represent a rather pathetic attempt to enliven city centres which are essentially lifeless.· Afterward, Mr Dent walks him home, shares a nightcap and makes a pathetic attempt at seduction.· A pathetic attempt to use proto-scientific methods to ascertain and then apprehend the transcendent.· To be truly modern means to accept the process of change without pathetic attempts to prevent it from running its course. ► excuse · Crowe offered a pathetic excuse about investigating woodworm infestation for his nature column, but I soon beetled the truth out of him. ► fallacy · It was all just like a pathetic fallacy. ► figure · Clowns in the social world of soccer fans, are the pathetic figures who will never make it.· But it still remains significant that some of the pathetic figures are to be found on funerary urns.· She thought he looked a pathetic figure of a man.· A pathetic figure, to be sure. 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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