pathetic

pathetic
adjective
  1. arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
    引起怜悯的,可怜的;可悲的
    she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her.
    她看上去那么可怜,于是我弯下身去安慰她。
    ■(informal)miserably inadequate
    (非正式)很差劲的,不足的,可怜巴巴的
    his ball control was pathetic.
    他的控球技术很差劲。
  2. (archaic)relating to the emotions
    (古)感情的,情绪的,情感的
派生
pathetically
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'affecting the emotions'): via late Latin from Greek pathētikos 'sensitive', based on pathos 'suffering'
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