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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I think she sees your pathos.
  我觉得她也看透了你的痛苦。
• Moreover pathos is a tide.
  况且，悲怅是一种浪潮。
• 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。