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Jul 25, 2006 11:51
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English term
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There they stood, able to help make their language and culture available to the world, even become a great nation inside a nation, but paralyzed by their greed, insecurity, and false national pride, they chose to stand on the sidelines and mock. Pathetic cowards they were, and they thought themselves leaders.
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可憐
1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" John Galsworthy.
2. Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity.
Pathetic cowards =可憐蟲、可憐的懦夫
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Note added at 54 mins (2006-07-25 12:45:43 GMT)
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FYI:There is no such word as "pathe", the root of the word "pathetic" is "pathos".
2. Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity.
Pathetic cowards =可憐蟲、可憐的懦夫
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Note added at 54 mins (2006-07-25 12:45:43 GMT)
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FYI:There is no such word as "pathe", the root of the word "pathetic" is "pathos".
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