pathos

C1 FREQ #40113 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 伤感力, 感伤, 悲怅, 同情, 偶然因素, 哀婉动人的词句

发音

UK /ˈpeɪˌθɒs/
其它
UK /ˈpɑːθɒs/
UK /ˈpæθɒs/
US /ˈpeɪˌθɑs/
US /ˈpeɪˌθɔs/
US /ˈpeɪˌθoʊs/
US /ˈpæˌθoʊs/

词形变化

pathoses 复数 pathoses

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.

    感伤

    哀婉

    悲怆

    可数 不可数

    20 August 2018, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett in The Guardian, Young women are smashing it at Edinburgh as the #MeToo legacy kicks in Pritchard-McLean’s show is perfectly constructed, and at times deeply moving to the point where some audience members were near tears, yet the pathos is undercut by true belly laughs – but don’t trust me, read the reviews.

  2. 2.

    A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion.

    感染力

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.

    可数 不可数 媒体
  4. 4.

    In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.

    可数 不可数 哲学 宗教
  5. 5.

    Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

词源

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

来源:wiktionary