网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 pathetically
释义 pathetically
adverb
uk /pəˈθet.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /pəˈθet̬.ɪ.kəl.i/

patheticallyadverb (VERY BAD)


in a way that is not at all enough or good enough: 非常不好地;完全不够地
They get paid a pathetically low salary.他们的工资低得可怜。
My parents' advice on sex was pathetically inadequate.我父母在性方面的建议少得可怜。
disapproving
in a bad way that causes loss of respect and anger: 无用地,差劲地,可悲地
I can't believe anyone would behave so pathetically as to cheat on that test.我不相信有人会表现得如此糟糕,居然在考试中作弊。
They are pathetically, disgracefully incompetent.他们如此无能,可悲可叹。
My efforts look pathetically crude compared to his.
The title of the story seemed pathetically unimaginative and dull.
Pathetically, he tried to sell her story to a tabloid newspaper.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not good enough
be not onidiom
beneath
cop
deficiency
deficiency in something
intolerable
intolerably
lamely
lameness
leave a lot to be desiredidiom
second-rate
sub-optimum
subaverage
suboptimal
substandard
unsatisfactory
unsatisfying
unsound
unworthily
unworthy

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Scarce, inadequate and not enough
Not of good quality
Bad and wrong behaviour

patheticallyadverb (SADLY)


in a way that causes feelings of sadness and sympathy, especially because a person or animal is suffering: 令人怜悯地,可怜地
The child was pathetically thin.这孩子瘦得可怜。
The dog's hind legs dragged pathetically on the ground.那条狗的后腿拖在地上,看着很可怜。
"He took my money," said the old man pathetically.
They dream of having pathetically basic things, like dental care.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sympathy & compassion
aw
bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
better luck next timeidiom
bleeding heart
cheese
heart-wrenching
heart-wrenchingly
heartrending
pitifully
pitifulness
pity
pityingly
poor
relate
sensitivity
sympathetic
sympathize
sympathy
your heart achesidiom
your heart goes out to someoneidiom

See


pathetic
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/2/2 20:01:18