词典释义：
释义
adj.
arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
引起怜悯的，可怜的；可悲的
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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。
〈非正式〉 很差劲的，不足的，可怜巴巴的
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his ball control was pathetic .他的控球技术很差劲。
〈古〉 感情的，情绪的，情感的。
词源
"late 16th cent. （in the sense ‘affecting the emotions’）： via late Latin from Greek
