pathos

英 [ˈpeɪθɒs]

美 [ˈpeɪθɑːs]

n.  感染力; 令人产生悲悯共鸣的力量

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19075 / COCA.17870

牛津词典

noun

• 感染力；令人产生悲悯共鸣的力量
  the power of a performance, description, etc. to produce feelings of sadness and sympathy

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （情形、电影、戏剧等中的）引人怜悯的特质，感伤力
  Pathosis a quality in a situation, film, or play that makes people feel sadness and pity.
  1. ...the pathos of man's isolation...
     人类所处的孤立状态令人感伤
  2. With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger.
     他以极具感伤力的笔触描述了饥饿的痛苦。

英英释义

noun

• a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
  1. the film captured all the pathos of their situation
  Synonym:poignancy
• a style that has the power to evoke feelings
• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
  1. the blind are too often objects of pity
  Synonym:commiserationpityruth

双语例句

• Cao Xueqin together with the heroes in the story could be regarded as cultural ones with full pathos.
  曹雪芹和他的作品主人公，均当被视为充斥悲情的文化英雄。
• He used humor and pathos with equal facility.
  他将幽默与煽动平均地利用。
• Moreover pathos is a tide.
  况且，悲怅是一种浪潮。
• Very few failed to succumb to this delightful young man so full of the pathos of that uniform.
  大多数人都对这个穿军服的愉快的小伙子那丰富的哀婉情调大加赞叹。
• A companion would have been a distraction, diluting the pathos of the moment.
  要是有一个伴侣在旁就会分散我的注意，冲淡此时此刻的哀婉之情。
• That is, his feelings and his voice were coloured with that seeming repression and pathos which is the essence of eloquence.
  他的感情和声音似乎带上压抑苦闷和忧伤缠绵的色彩，这一点正是语言具有感人力量的实质。
• He had hearty distaste for songs of pathos.
  他极不爱听感伤歌曲。
• "I wish I could love," cried Derian Gray with a deep note of pathos in his voice.
  我希望自己能爱。道林·格雷用低沉哀怨的声音叫道。
• They have eyes full of sadness, loneliness and pathos.
  他们的目光中充满了悲哀、寂寞和感伤的神情。
• The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands and feet Proportion.
  崇高为头，痛苦为心，生殖为美，平衡为手足。