pathos

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpeɪˌθɒs/|/ˈpɑːθɒs/|/ˈpæθɒs/    美 /ˈpeɪˌθɑs/|/ˈpeɪˌθɔs/|/ˈpeɪˌθoʊs/|/ˈpæˌθoʊs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. countable,uncountable
    — His voice had a genuine pathos now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled.
  2. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — It was impossible to endure the jargon and the affected pathos of the squire any longer.
  3. An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character. countable,uncountable
  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. countable,uncountable
  5. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction. countable,uncountable

词形变化

pathoses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hathos pathotic
相关词
antipathy apathy empathy pathetic pathic pathogen pathology psychopathy sympathy

词源

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