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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She told me stories filled with longing and pathos.
  她给我讲那充满渴望的凄婉的故事。
• 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 had hearty distaste for songs of pathos.
  他极不爱听感伤歌曲。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not flow to small and small moving pathos.
  不要流于小感伤和小感动。