Pathetic

(adj.) inspiring scornful pity; 'how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years'- Dashiell Hammett .

(adj.) inspiring mixed contempt and pity; 'their efforts were pathetic'; 'pitiable lack of character'; 'pitiful exhibition of cowardice' .

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• Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Tarzan shook his head, and an expression of wistful and pathetic longing sobered his laughing eyes. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• For all who love me in short; for I would make all happy if I could, provided they don't grow too pathetic. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It was, indeed, a pathetic sight to see a father venerate his son as the elder Edison did. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He would listen to the most pathetic appeals with the most discouraging politeness and equanimity. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Will, in finishing his pathetic speech, appeared almost on the point of shedding tears. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She struck Archer, of a sudden, as a pathetic and even pitiful figure. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• A most earnest, pressing, and emphatic entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you, that you well remember. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I'll be ever so good, pleaded Amy, looking as pathetic as she could. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And, with this pathetic benediction, the assembly dispersed. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Don't be cheeky, Jack, remonstrated the landlord, in a melancholy and pathetic way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Jo's voice was more pathetic than she knew. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• When she perceived the wild or pathetic appeal of his expressive countenance, she would relent, and for a while resume her ancient kindness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This Exposition brings us, indeed, to a dramatic and rather pathetic parting of the ways. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The separation between her and her family was rather noisy than pathetic. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Those worthy parents had again adopted the pathetics, finding it impossible to manage Worcester in any other way. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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