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

• The music is full of pathos.
  这首曲子充满了哀伤的情调。
• "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。
• He used humor and pathos with equal facility.
  他将幽默与煽动平均地利用。
• 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。
• 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。
• You said to me once that pathos left you unmoved, but that beauty, mere beauty, could fill your eyes with tears.
  你有一次对我说过：你对悲哀无动于衷，可美、光是美，会使你热泪盈眶。
• 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。
• 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。