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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why a Low and Deep Pathos is Needed?
  篇名为什么我们需要一种低沉的情绪？
• 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。
• And so that interview between Lucie and Sydney Carton has a pathos that wrings our hearts.
  因此，露西和西德尼·卡登之间的会晤带有一种使我们感到揪心的凄楚的气氛。
• He used humor and pathos with equal facility.
  他将幽默与煽动平均地利用。
• 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。