pathetic /pəˈθɛtɪk/ CET6 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them. 可怜的

  例：

  ...a pathetic little dog with a curly tail.

  …一只可怜的卷尾小狗。

  例：

  The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight.

  那一小群旁观者显出一幅可怜的样子。

• 2. 

  pathetically ADV 可怜地

  例：

  She was pathetically thin.

  她那时瘦弱得可怜。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you describe someone or something as pathetic, you mean that they make you feel impatient or angry, often because they are weak or not very good. 差劲的; 无力的 [表不满]

  例：

  What pathetic excuses.

  多么无力的借口！

  例：

  Don't be so pathetic.

  别那么差劲。

• 4. 

  pathetically ADV 差劲地; 无力地 [ADV adj]

  例：

  Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number.

  18个人中5位女性是个小得可怜的数目。