| 釋義 |
patheticala. 1. moving,touching 動人的。 △L.L.L.1.2.103(97):“Sweet invocation of a child,most pretty and patheti-cal!”一個孩子的可愛的禱告,非常美妙而動人! 2. pitiable,miserable; pretending passion; monstrous,shocking 可憐的,悲慘的;假裝熱情的;可怕的,令人震驚的。 △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,“假如你破壞了一點點的諾言,或遲到一分鐘,我定要把你當做最可憐的背信者。(按: pathetical一詞歧義較多,譯文用其一種。) |