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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Kate, I'm sorry about that argument. I apologize for being so angry with you.
凯特，那次争吵我很抱歉。我为跟你发火向你道歉。
My speech was ill-form and not pleasant to hear.
我的言语变调走样，很不好听。
Von Frisch wanted to find out whether the dance told them how far away the feeding place was.
冯·弗里施想弄清舞蹈是否告诉它们离喂食点有多远。