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bathos

/ˈbeɪθɒs/

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noun

陳腐な感傷、わざとらしい哀愁

Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.

Examples :

"The politician's speech, filled with forced tears and exaggerated stories of hardship, was pure bathos, failing to move anyone and instead eliciting only awkward silence. "

政治家の演説は、無理な涙と誇張された苦難の物語で満たされ、陳腐な感傷そのものであり、誰も感動させることができず、代わりに気まずい沈黙を招いた。

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深さ

Examples :

"The play started with intense drama, but the forced, sentimental ending quickly descended into bathos, leaving the audience disappointed. "

劇は激しいドラマで始まったが、無理やりな感傷的な結末はすぐに深さに落ち込み、観客を失望させた。

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陳腐さ, ギャグの失敗

(the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to

Examples :

"The movie's dramatic climax, intended to be deeply moving, devolved into bathos when the hero, instead of delivering a powerful speech, slipped on a banana peel. "

深く感動させるはずだった映画の劇的なクライマックスは、ヒーローが力強いスピーチをする代わりにバナナの皮で滑ったとき、ギャグの失敗に終わった。

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落差, 凡庸さ

(the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.

Examples :

"The play was building to a dramatic climax, but the hero tripping over a cat at the crucial moment introduced a sudden and hilarious bathos that had the audience roaring with laughter. "

劇は劇的なクライマックスに向かっていたが、肝心な瞬間に主人公が猫につまずいたことで、突然の笑える落差が生まれ、観客は大笑いした。

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どん底、最悪の事態

A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.

Examples :

"After getting fired from the prestigious law firm and then failing to open his own practice, his career reached a real bathos. "

名門法律事務所を解雇され、その後自身の事務所を開業することにも失敗した後、彼のキャリアはどん底に達した。

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