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　

CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8医学

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 am a lonely, pathetic love Rye.
  我是一个孤独、可怜的爱情守望者。
• Don't be so pathetic.
  别那么讨人厌。
• Because it would look pathetic on the news if I were beaten up while you were sleeping.
  因为要是在你睡觉的时候，我被打了，明天报上就会多条凄惨的新闻了。
• 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。
• So I get all your castoffs now? I'm just that pathetic?
  那么我得到被你丢弃的人了吗？我就这么可怜吗？
• We encountered the pathetic sight of a family packing up its home
  我们目睹了一家人正在收拾家当准备离开的凄惨景象。
• It's ridiculous, it's pathetic, it's a joke
  这真荒谬，简直是可悲、可笑。
• Turned into a sick, pathetic circus.
  成了病态可怜的马戏表演。
• She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic.
  她现在看起来瘦小枯槁，很可怜。
• As I said, pathetic.
  正如我所说的，怪可怜的。