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pa·thet·ic AHD[pə-thĕtʹĭk] 也作 pa·thet·i·cal [-ĭ-kəl] D.J.[pəˈθetɪk] 也作 pa·thet·i·cal [-ɪkəl]K.K.[pəˈθɛtɪk] 也作 pa·thet·i·cal [-ɪkəl]adj.（形容词）- 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
- 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
- French pathétique 法语 pathétique
- from Late Latin pathēticus 源自 后期拉丁语 pathēticus
- from Greek pathētikos [sensitive] 源自 希腊语 pathētikos [敏感的]
- from pathētos [liable to suffer] 源自 pathētos [易于遭受苦难的]
- from pathos [suffering] * see k went(h)- 源自 pathos [痛苦，苦难] * 参见 k went(h)-
pathetʹically adv.（副词）pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable- 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： "Everything human is pathetic" (Mark Twain).Often the word refers to what is so poor that it arouses scornful pity: “人类具有同情心” （马克·吐温）。这个词常指因十分贫穷而引起轻视的怜悯： The academic standards in the school were pathetic. Bothpitiful and pitiable apply to what is touchingly sad: 学校的学术水平低得可怜。 Pitiful 和 pitiable 都用于指令人感伤的东西： "She told a most pitiful story" (Samuel Butler). “她讲叙了一个十分令人感伤的故事” （塞缪尔·巴特勒）。 "The emperor had been in a state of pitiable vacillation" (William Hickling Prescott).Sometimes the terms connote contemptuous pity,as for what is hopelessly inept or inadequate: “皇帝曾处于令人可怜的举棋不定状态” （威廉·希克林·普雷斯科特）。这两个词有时暗指轻蔑的同情，如令人绝望地无能或不合适的东西： "If when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation . . . acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world" (Richard M. Nixon). “如果当情况危急时，世界上最强大的国家…象一个可怜的无助的巨人，那么集权主义和独裁势力将会威胁到全世界的自由国家和组织机构” （理查德·M·尼克松）。 "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）。
- 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）。
- 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 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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