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

• 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。
• Moreover pathos is a tide.
  况且，悲怅是一种浪潮。
• He speaks of nature with a certain unconscious pathos.
  他提到自然，不知不觉有点伤感。
• Pathos has this quality, that it seems ever addressed to one alone.
  悲伤的感情似乎总是对个人而发，具有令人凄恻的力量。
• 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。
• So this time my spirit is a bit of happy, a bit of pathos and so on.
  所以，此刻，我的心情是有点开心又有点感伤等各种心绪混合一起的。
• 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。
• She told me stories filled with longing and pathos.
  她给我讲那充满渴望的凄婉的故事。
• I waited and waited for you,'she went on, her tones suddenly resuming their old fluty pathos.
  “我等你等了又等。”她继续说，说话的时候又突然恢复了从前的凄婉音调。
• 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。