pathetic
英 [pə'θetɪk]
美[pə'θɛtɪk]
- adj. 可怜的，悲哀的；感伤的；乏味的
词态变化
副词: pathetically;
中文词源
pathetic 令人同情的，可怜的，可悲的
来自拉丁语patheticus,来自希腊语pathein,忍受，遭受，词源同passion,pathos.引申词义同感的，同悲的，令人同情的，后用于指可怜的，可悲的。
英英释意
- 1. deserving or inciting pity;
- "a hapless victim"
- "miserable victims of war"
- "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- "piteous appeals for help"
- "pitiable homeless children"
- "a pitiful fate"
- "Oh, you poor thing"
- "his poor distorted limbs"
- "a wretched life"
- 2. inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
- "their efforts were pathetic"
- "pitiable lack of character"
- "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
- 3. inspiring scornful pity;
- "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
英文词源
- pathetic (adj.)
- 1590s, "affecting the emotions, exciting the passions," from Middle French pathétique "moving, stirring, affecting" (16c.), from Late Latin patheticus, from Greek pathetikos "subject to feeling, sensitive, capable of emotion," from pathetos "liable to suffer," verbal adjective of pathein "to suffer" (see pathos). Meaning "arousing pity, pitiful" is first recorded 1737. Colloquial sense of "so miserable as to be ridiculous" is attested from 1937. Related: Pathetical (1570s); pathetically. Pathetic fallacy (1856, first used by Ruskin) is the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects.
实用场景例句
- a pathetic and lonely old man
- 可怜又孤独的老翁
牛津词典
- The starving children were a pathetic sight.
- 饥饿的儿童看起来是一幅凄惨的景象。
牛津词典
- a pathetic excuse
- 牵强的借口
牛津词典
- She made a pathetic attempt to smile.
- 她勉强地微微一笑。
牛津词典
- You're pathetic!
- 你真是废物！
牛津词典
- He cried pathetically.
- 他哭得很悲伤。
牛津词典
- a pathetically shy woman
- 令人怜悯的腼腆女人
牛津词典
- ...a pathetic little dog with a curly tail...
- 可怜的卷尾巴小狗
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- What pathetic excuses...
- 多差劲的借口啊！
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When men buy a up doll it's pathetic.
- 而男人买充气娃娃的话,这可算得上惨剧.
期刊摘选
- I know, I'll try my best . So pathetic! Jingjing loves my violent side.
- 至尊宝:我知道了, 我一定会继续努力的! 真失败! 原来晶晶姑娘喜欢粗犷一面的我!
期刊摘选
- Such a lonely figure is always pathetic because whatever he wants proves impossible to have.
- 这样一个孤独的人总是可怜的,因为无论他想要什么结果总是得不到.
期刊摘选
- " Yeah, they are so pathetic! "
- “ 嗯, 它们真可怜 啊 ! ”
期刊摘选
- Her tearful face and pathetic appeal really got under his skin.
- 她眼泪纵横的面容和哀婉动人的诉说确实使他深受感动.
期刊摘选
- There was something pathetic in his concentration.
- 他那副专心致志的劲头看上去有点可怜.
辞典例句
- Casual dating is unhealthy and pathetic. But many guys seem to prefer that.
- 简单约会系一种唔健康及乏味的约会, 但似乎很多人都喜欢.
期刊摘选
- When I arrived I found her sitting on the step . She looked lonely and pathetic.
- 我一到那里,就看到他正坐在屋前的门廊上,显出一种抑郁而孤寂的神情.
期刊摘选
- When we buy a vibrator it is glamorous. When men buy a up doll it's pathetic.
- 当我们去买振动器时,让旁人浮想联翩. 而男人买充气娃娃的话,这可算得上惨剧.
期刊摘选
- All the while becoming crusty and cynical, or a pathetic and sniveling victim.
- 最后你会变得易怒,愤世嫉俗, 或者是一个可悲的和哭哭啼啼的受害者.
期刊摘选
- Do not blame the pathetic earth because of your constipation.
- 不要因为拉不出屎而去责怪地球没有吸引力.
期刊摘选
- But as he struts and sashays across the stage he's hardly hobbling, pathetic figure of lore.
- 但是当他在舞台上走动时,他几乎是举步维艰, 就像传说中的可怜的形象一样.
期刊摘选
- Phantom: You puny pathetic thing! I'll step on you like an ant!
- 幻影: 你这微不足道的可怜虫! 我要像踩死一只蚂蚁那样干掉你!
期刊摘选
- The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.
- 这只动物低声哀叫,令人怜悯.
《简明英汉词典》
- There is something a trifle pathetic about his final query.
- 最后一问,其情可悯.
辞典例句