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Pathetic Pity Things Word Pə'θetɪk Lost Child I

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Pron [pə'θetɪk]
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The lost child I met on the street was very pathetic.
我在街上遇到的那个走失的孩子怪可怜的。
【重点词汇】
pathetic adj. 可怜的 同: pitiable
Vocab
patheticdeserving or inciting pity

Something pathetic inspires pity and contempt. Pathetic things are awful or lame.

These days, when you see the word pathetic, it's pretty clear that it's no compliment. This is an insulting word for things that are so bad they bum you out. A sports team losing ten games in a row is pathetic. Someone who constantly lies, even though the lies are obvious, is pathetic. Trying to dunk a basketball and missing by three feet is pathetic. When something is astoundingly lame or awful, people love to say, "Wow. How pathetic."

All forms of 'pathetic' will appear on average once every 440 pages.
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