bathetic

英[bə'θetɪk] 美[bə'θetɪk]
  • adj. 平庸陈腐的;〈语〉顿降的;假作悲伤的
GRE
Adjective:
  1. effusively or insincerely emotional;

    "a bathetic novel"
    "maudlin expressions of sympathy"
    "mushy effusiveness"
    "a schmaltzy song"
    "sentimental soap operas"
    "slushy poetry"

1. Dickens's readers really wanted to feel the kind of bathetic sadness that he tried to evoke.
狄更斯的读者非常希望感受到他试图唤起的那种虚假的悲伤。

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