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 pa·thos /ˈpeˌθɑs, ˌθɔs, ˌθos ||ˈpæ-/
 感傷,悲悵,悲情

 Pa·thos n.  That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.
    The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe.   --T. Warton.
 1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos.
 2.  Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
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 pathos
      n 1: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow);
           "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
           [syn: poignancy]
      2: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of
         others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn: commiseration,
          pity, ruth]
      3: a style that has the power to evoke feelings