pathetic
/pəˈθetɪk/adjective
1
- arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness引起怜悯的, 可怜的; 可悲的 ：
she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her.
她看上去那么可怜, 于是我弯下身去安慰她。
1.1
- informal miserably inadequate〈非正式〉很差劲的, 不足的, 可怜巴巴的：
his ball control was pathetic.
他的控球技术很差劲。
2
- archaic relating to the emotions〈古〉感情的, 情绪的, 情感的。
派生词
pathetically
adverb词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'affecting the emotions'）： via late Latin from Greek pathētikos 'sensitive', based on pathos 'suffering'.