"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").
实用例句
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.
