pathetic

英[pə'θetik]美[pə'θɛtɪk]

a.
1.引起怜悯的；可怜的；可悲的
2.不足的；微弱的；可怜兮兮的
3.【英】【俚】乏味的；令人生厌的

同：	[a.] hapless, miserable, pitiable, ridiculous

The chastised child looked at her father with a pathetic, doleful expression.
被责骂的孩子哀怜地、悲伤地看着她的父亲。收藏
What was the next step he should take in this pathetic affair?
对这桩惨案,他第二步应该怎么做?收藏
She wept at the pathetic scene.
她看到那幅悲惨的情景而哭泣。收藏
"But he handles his pathetic characters with an acute sympathy, and his obnoxious ones with acute distaste."
不过,他同情笔下可怜的人物,鄙夷可憎之徒。收藏
"The strain was solemn and affecting, sustained as it was by the pathetic warble of a voice."
曲子既庄严又感人,是由悲怆的颤音唱出来的。收藏

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deserving or inciting pity
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distort
[同] hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- their efforts were pathetic
- pitiable lack of character
- pitiful exhibition of cowardice
[同] pathetic, pitiable, pitiful

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