| 单词 | pathetic |
| 释义 | pathetic[ puh-thet-ik ] / pəˈθɛt ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pathetic ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivecausing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: Conditions at the refugee camp were far more pathetic than anything our training had prepared us for. Informal. miserably or contemptibly inadequate: In return for our investment we get a pathetic three percent interest. The carpenter we hired is pathetic. Archaic. pertaining to, caused by, or affecting the emotions: pathetic outbursts. Sometimes pa·thet·i·cal . Origin of patheticFirst recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French pathétique or from Late Latin pathēticus, from Greek pathētikós “capable of emotion, impassioned, sensitive,” equivalent to pathēt(ós) “subject to suffering; one who has suffered; subject to external influence or change; (in medicine) diseased” (derivative of páschein “to suffer”) + -ikos adjective suffix; see -ic SYNONYMS FOR pathetic1 plaintive, piteous, tragic, sad. 3 touching, tender, emotional. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pathetic ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM patheticWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH patheticbathetic, patheticWords nearby patheticPathan, pathbreaker, pathbreaking, pathergasia, pathergy, pathetic, pathetic fallacy, Pathet Lao, pathfinder, pathfinder prospectus, -pathia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for patheticBritish Dictionary definitions for patheticpathetic / (pəˈθɛtɪk) / adjectiveevoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc distressingly inadequatethe old man sat huddled in front of a pathetic fire British informal ludicrously or contemptibly uninteresting or worthlessthe standard of goalkeeping in amateur football today is pathetic obsolete of or affecting the feelings pl npathetic sentiments Derived forms of patheticpathetically, adverbWord Origin for patheticC16: from French pathétique, via Late Latin from Greek pathetikos sensitive, from pathos suffering; see pathos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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