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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So this time my spirit is a bit of happy, a bit of pathos and so on.
  所以，此刻，我的心情是有点开心又有点感伤等各种心绪混合一起的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The textual rhetoricity is in close relation to the logos, pathos and ethos in classical rhetoric.
  语篇的修辞性与古典修辞学理性诉求、情感诉求、品格诉求紧密相关。