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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He used humor and pathos with equal facility.
  他将幽默与煽动平均地利用。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why a Low and Deep Pathos is Needed?
  篇名为什么我们需要一种低沉的情绪？