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单词 pathetically
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pathetically

/pəˈθɛtɪk(ə)li /
adverb
1In a way that arouses pity, especially by displaying vulnerability or sadness: she threw her arms around him and sobbed pathetically I pathetically pleaded with my guides to stop...
  • She looked crushed, her lips quivering pathetically.
  • I sniffed pathetically as an answer.
  • She lives a pathetically lonely life with no companionship except her cat.
2 informal In a miserably inadequate or ridiculous way: he argued rather pathetically for an election boycott [as submodifier]: a pathetically ill-conceived approach...
  • He attempted to explain their pathetically lame joke between gasps of laughter.
  • I yank my hand out of his grasp and pathetically punch him in the shoulder.
  • Men are pathetically unsubtle, aren't they?
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