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

• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As she sat in church her face had a pathos and poignancy.
  当她坐在教堂里时，脸上带着一种哀婉和辛辣的表情。
• Edward sang the ditty with a simple, homely style-which was the same as saying with no style at all-and he made use of much pathos.
  爱德华演唱这曲小调的风格是单纯朴质的&这就等于说没有风格可言。而且，他在歌中充注了大量哀愁。
• Moreover pathos is a tide.
  况且，悲怅是一种浪潮。
• Pathos, humour and terror, in this film, prove rather incompatible bedfellows.
  在这部影片中，哀婉、幽默、恐惧显得是一些互不相容的拼凑。
• The textual rhetoricity is in close relation to the logos, pathos and ethos in classical rhetoric.
  语篇的修辞性与古典修辞学理性诉求、情感诉求、品格诉求紧密相关。
• 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。
• 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。