| 单词 | pathetic |
| 释义 | pathetic[pə'θetik]a. 悲哀的, 可怜的, 感伤的, 差劲的【医】 感情的 pathetic pa.thet.ic AHD: [p…-thµt“¹k] 也作 pa.thet.i.cal [-¹-k…l] D.J. [p*6Get!k] 也作 pa.thet.i.cal [-!k*l]K.K. [p*6GWt!k] 也作 pa.thet.i.cal [-!k*l]adj.（形容词）1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion.令人同情的，可怜的：激发或能够激发伤感和同情的2. Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity.又笨又可怜的，无价值的：引起或能够引发带有轻蔑色彩的怜悯的语源:1. French pathétique 法语 pathétique 2. from Late Latin path¶ticus 源自 后期拉丁语 path¶ticus 3. from Greek path¶tikos [sensitive] 源自 希腊语 path¶tikos [敏感的] 4. from path¶tos [liable to suffer] 源自 path¶tos [易于遭受苦难的] 5. from pathos [suffering] * see k went(h)- 源自 pathos [痛苦，苦难] *参见 k went(h)- 继承用法:pathet“ically adv.（副词）参考词汇:1. pathetic,pitiful,pitiable,piteous,lamentable2. These adjectives describe one that inspires or deserves pity.Somethingpathetic elicits sympathetic sadness and compassion: 这些形容词都指激发或赢得同情的人或物。Pathetic 表示伤感和同情： “That cold accretion called the world, which, so terrible in the mass, is so unformidable, even pitiable, in its units” (Thomas Hardy).“那个被称为地球的冲积而成的寒冷球体，整体是如此令人生惧，各部分又是那么懦弱甚至令人生怜” （托马斯·哈代）。3. Piteous applies to what cries out for pity: Piteous 用于指因可怜喊出的： “They . . . made piteous lamentation to us to save them” (Daniel Defoe).“他们向我们示以令人可怜的悲伤来自保” （丹尼尔·笛福）。4. Lamentable suggests the evocation of pity mixed with sorrow: Lamentable 指含有悲伤的同情的唤起： “Tell thou the lamentable tale of me,/And send the hearers weeping to their beds” (Shakespeare).See also Synonyms at &b{moving} “讲述我的悲伤故事/让听者痛不欲生” （莎士比亚）参见同义词 moving |
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