| 单词 | bathos |
| 释义 | bathos (once / 16718 pages) 1n 2n If something starts out serious and then turns trivial, that’s bathos. If you’re watching a serious drama about Poland’s transition to capitalism and it suddenly ends in a giddy car chase, you might remark on the film’s unexpected bathos. The word bathos came into English in the 17th century from the Greek word bathos, which literally means “depth.” In the 18th century English poet Alexander Pope gave the word its current meaning of a descent from lofty to trite. We often use it for movies or books. Bathos is usually unintentional — which means you can laugh at it. Bathos can also be used more broadly for something that’s trite or overly sentimental. WORD FAMILYbathos USAGE EXAMPLESLacking the genius necessary to reach the lofty heights of sublimity, they unintentionally followed “the gentle down-hill way to the Bathos.” The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Much of Moore’s appeal rests in bathos: his gods are fallen, at once numinous and mundane. The New Yorker(Sep 08, 2016) Behind the pulverising bass and the gunshot sound effects, there lurks a very British and very funny kind of lyrical bathos. The Guardian(Jun 27, 2016) 1 n a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one 2Syn|Hyper anticlimax close, closing, conclusion, end, ending the last section of a communication 1n insincere pathos Syn|Hyper mawkishness sentimentality extravagant or affected feeling or emotion 2n triteness or triviality of style Hyper expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
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