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patheticala. 1. moving,touching 动人的。 △L.L.L.1.2.103(97):“Sweet invocation of a child,most pretty and patheti-cal!”一个孩子的可爱的祷告,非常美妙而动人! 2. pitiable,miserable; pretending passion; monstrous,shocking 可怜的,悲惨的;假装热情的;可怕的,令人震惊的。 △As.4.1.200(190): “if you break one jot of yourpromise,or come one minute behind your hour,I willthink you the most pathetical break-promise,“假如你破坏了一点点的诺言,或迟到一分钟,我定要把你当做最可怜的背信者。(按: pathetical一词歧义较多,译文用其一种。) |