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 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。
• He used humor and pathos with equal facility.
  他将幽默与煽动平均地利用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not flow to small and small moving pathos.
  不要流于小感伤和小感动。
• 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。
• 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。
• The music is full of pathos.
  这首曲子充满了哀伤的情调。
• 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。