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bathos

/ˈbeɪθɒs/

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noun

Bāsú, 矯揉造作，煞有介事。

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. "

那位政客的演讲充满了强挤的眼泪和夸张的苦难故事，简直是俗不可耐，矫揉造作，不但没能打动任何人，反而只引起了尴尬的沉默。

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骤降法，突降，大跌。

Examples :

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

这出戏一开始充满紧张的戏剧性，但强行煽情的结局很快就陷入了骤降法，让观众感到失望。

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滑稽的失敗, 突降法

(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. "

这部电影的高潮戏本意是想让人感动落泪，结果却变成了滑稽的失败，因为英雄没有发表慷慨激昂的演讲，反而是踩到香蕉皮滑倒了，简直是突降法运用过度。

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虎头蛇尾, 假崇高, 煞风景

(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. "

这出戏正要达到激动人心的高潮，结果英雄在关键时刻被猫绊倒，这种突如其来的、滑稽可笑的虎头蛇尾，引得观众哄堂大笑。

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谷底, 低谷.

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. "

在被那家著名的律师事务所解雇，又没能成功开设自己的律师事务所之后，他的事业跌入了真正的谷底.

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