Pathetic
[ pə'θetik ]
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adj. 令人同情的，可怜的;又笨又可怜的，无价值的;荡气回肠;
📝 例句
It was pathetic to watch her condition deteriorate day by day.
看着她的健康状况日益恶化,真是可怜。
She should have worn a pathetic expression when next we met.
下次我们见面时，她会摆出一副苦相的。
There is something a trifle pathetic about his final query.
最后一问，其情可悯。
a pathetic performance
很差劲 [蹩脚] 的表演
The whole thing was pathetic and a little disgusting, Conn, the big operator.
整个事情总未免可悲，叫人有点恶心吧。康安，敢情就是这么个大滑头！
🌱 联想助记
【串】猫哭表示sympathetic(同情的),同情也是synthetic(虚假的),老鼠却是pathetic(可怜的),
【记】※ 谐音“破碎的壳”:汽车破碎的壳真可怜
※ path-小路,et-ET外星人,ic-IC卡:可怜的外星人在小路上丢了IC卡
※ pa-拼音“爬”,the-这个,ti-拼音“梯”,c-似“月亮”:以为爬到这个梯子就可以摘到月亮,这种想法是令人悲哀的
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-pati-表示“感情”
常见变体有-path-
📖 牛津释义
pathetic
adj
1 causing one to feel pity or sadness 招人怜悯的; 可悲的
pathetic cries for help 求助的哀怜呼号
the pathetic sight of starving children 饥童悲惨可悯的样子
His tears were pathetic to witness. 他的眼泪引起在场人的怜悯.
2 (infml 口) extremely inadequate; contemptible 极不足的; 可鄙的
a pathetic attempt, performance, excuse 极不充分的尝试、 表现、 藉口
You're pathetic! Can't you even boil an egg? 你可真没用! 连鸡蛋都不会煮吗? > pathetically adv
pathetically thin 瘦得怪可怜的
His answers were pathetically inadequate. 他的回答太不充分.
🎯 考研助记
path(pass-passion感情)+et(out)+ic: 悲哀的 悲惨的 网友：yqy 补充：源自sympathetic；源自path：你走那条路？那可是一条悲惨的不归路；源自pathy感情、痛苦
🔁 扩展释义
*[pә'θetik]a. 悲哀的, 可怜的, 感伤的, 差劲的【医】 感情的
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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That sounds very interesting! I'll buy some frozen peas at the supermarket on my way home.
听起来很有趣！我回家时在超级市场买些冻豌豆。
Most of them were able to climb out in time. However four men were not quick enough to escape the flames.
大部分工人能够及时逃生。可是有4个工人来不及逃离火场。
Things were clear now.
事情现在清楚了。