pathos
英 ['peɪθɒs] 美 ['peθɑs]
- n. 悲怅；痛苦；同情；哀婉动人的词句
中文词源
pathos 痛苦，同情，感染力
来自希腊语pathos,忍受，疾病，来自PIE*pei,伤害，词源同pathetic,patient.引申词义痛苦，同情，感染力等。
英文词源
- pathos
- pathos: see sympathy
- pathos (n.)
- "quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1660s, from Greek pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion, calamity," literally "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," and penthos "grief, sorrow;" from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer, endure" (cognates: Old Irish cessaim "I suffer," Lithuanian kenčiu "to suffer," pakanta "patience").
双语例句
- 1. The pathos of the situation brought tears to our eyes.
- 情况令人怜悯,看得我们不禁流淚.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. There is abundant pathos in her words.
- 她的话里富有动人哀怜的力量.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. 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.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 5. The quite magnificence of his political pathos lay in this.
- 他的深沉博大的政治感召力就在这里.
来自辞典例句