pathetic 可怜的，悲惨的

例句：Every one was weeping by the time he finished his pathetic tale about the orphan.
当他讲完这个孤儿的悲惨遭遇时，每个人都在流泪。

sympathetic 同情的

例句：She was very sympathetic when my mother died.
她对我母亲的去世深表同情。