(in writing, speech and plays )文章、讲话和戏剧 the power of a performance, description, etc. to make you feel sympathy or be sad 感染力;令人产生悲悯共鸣的力量 The scene was full of pathos. 这一幕充满了悲怆。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek pathos ‘suffering’; related to paskhein ‘suffer’ and penthos ‘grief’.