| 单词 | pathetic |
| 释义 | pathetic —pathetically, adv. —patheticalness, n. /peuh thet"ik/ adj. 1. causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight. 2. affecting or moving the feelings. 3. pertaining to or caused by the feelings. 4. miserably or contemptibly inadequate: In return for our investment we get a pathetic three percent interest. Also, pathetical. [1590-1600; < LL patheticus < Gk pathetikós sensitive equiv. to pathet(ós) made or liable to suffer (verbid of páschein to suffer + -ikos -IC] Syn. 1. plaintive. 2. touching, tender. 3. emotional. |
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