adj. 令人怜悯的，可怜的；无用的，差劲的；感伤的
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比较级
more pathetic
最高级
most pathetic
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词根：pathetic
adv.
pathetically 可怜地；感伤地；悲哀地；情绪上地
1.The starving children were a pathetic sight.
饥饿的儿童看起来是一幅凄惨的景象。
2.The candidates, he says, are "pathetic".
他说，这些候选人太可悲了。
3.How pathetic I am.
我是多么可怜啊！
4.If the future is also pathetic that is truly pathetic.
如果未来也很可悲，那才是真正的可悲。
5.If the future is also pathetic, that is truly pathetic.
如果未来也很可悲，那才是真正的可悲。
6.Tom was touched with this pathetic distress.
汤姆被这种可怜的苦恼感动了。
7.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。
8.Tom stammered a moment, in a pathetic confusion, then got it out, "To crack nuts with!"
汤姆狼狈不堪，结结巴巴地说了一会儿，然后才说出来：“用来砸坚果！”