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

• 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。
• But it is a deeper film than this suggests; full of pathos and understated emotion.
  但电影的蕴意则要深刻得多，充满了忧伤以及尽在不言中的情感。
• She told me stories filled with longing and pathos.
  她给我讲那充满渴望的凄婉的故事。
• 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。
• Please give me a piano, let me perform as heart pathos.
  请给莪一台钢琴，让莪演绎尽心中的悲情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 music is full of pathos.
  这首曲子充满了哀伤的情调。