1ADJ-GRADED 可怜的;令人怜悯的;悲惨的 If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them. 可怜的;令人怜悯的;悲惨的
...a pathetic little dog with a curly tail.
可怜的卷尾巴小狗
The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight.
这一小群旁观者看起来真是让人悲哀。
She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic.
她现在看起来瘦小枯槁,很可怜。
pathetically
She was pathetically thin.
她瘦得可怜。
2ADJ-GRADED 差劲的;软弱的;令人生厌的 If you describe someone or something as pathetic, you mean that they make you feel impatient or angry, often because they are weak or not very good. 差劲的;软弱的;令人生厌的 [disapproval]
What pathetic excuses.
多差劲的借口啊!
It's a pound for a small glass of wine, which is pathetic.
一小杯葡萄酒要1英镑,真差劲。
...the pathetic attempts at public speaking made by members of all parties.
所有政党党员在公开演讲时所作的令人生厌的尝试
Don't be so pathetic.
别那么讨人厌。
pathetically
Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number.