Word · Frequency #48633
bathetic
/bəˈθetik/
adjective
矫揉造作的；故作感伤的；虚情假意的
effusively or insincerely emotional
- 1.
Characterized by or pertaining to bathos.
以或涉及突降为特征
以或涉及突降为特征；陈腐的；突降的
In use
The film's bathetic ending left the audience feeling manipulated.
His bathetic remarks about his childhood surprised everyone who knew how he really felt.
The speech starts serious but becomes bathetic when the speaker starts crying.
be bathetic
用作表语，描述某事物矫揉造作或突降。
The movie's ending was bathetic, ruining the dramatic tension.
这部电影的结局突降，破坏了戏剧张力。
bathetic + noun
定语用法，修饰名词。
The poet used bathetic imagery to evoke false emotion.
诗人使用陈腐的意象来唤起虚假的情感。
Common mistakes
The speech was full of bathetic.The speech was full of bathos.
bathetic是形容词，不能用作名词；表示“突降”或“虚伪感伤”的名词形式是bathos。
The athlete's injury was bathetic and sad.The athlete's injury was pathetic and sad.
bathetic意为“矫揉造作的”，而在这里需要表达“可怜的”或“可悲的”，应使用pathetic。
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Learner notes
Grammar Note
常用于描述矫揉造作的情感或文学中的突降效果
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.