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词汇 example_english_tragic-occurrence
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tragic occurrence

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meanings of tragicand occurrence


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tragic
adjective
uk /ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/ us /ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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occurrence
noun
uk /əˈkʌr.əns/ us /əˈkɝː.əns/
something ...
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Examples of tragic occurrence


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There is an association between parents falling asleep in bed with their babies and the tragicoccurrence of cot death.
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The setting up of an employers' liability insurers bureau would be a means of preventing such a tragicoccurrence.
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I am aware of the tragicoccurrence referred to in the first part of the question.
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It is a tragicoccurrence; it is one which we deeply regret.
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As he has said, this tragicoccurrence showed quite clearly that there was something very wrong in the boys' battalion in question—and beyond that, too.
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This is not just an embarrassment: it is in some cases a tragicoccurrence for a child who has to produce a marriage certificate afterwards.
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The whole of this legislation was prompted by a dreadful and tragicoccurrence.
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We shall learn everything possible from this tragicoccurrence.
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We have done and will do all that is humanly possible to avoid a repetition of this rare but tragicoccurrence.
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I feel bound just to add one other fact, an element of comedy in what in other respects is a somewhat tragicoccurrence.
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We said that we should do everything that we could to prevent a repetition of such a tragicoccurrence.
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I remember one tragicoccurrence which stemmed completely from alcohol consumption.
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This tragicoccurrence has served to bring to light a state of affairs far from satisfactory.
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I deeply regret this tragicoccurrence.
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A widow would not be prejudiced by that tragicoccurrence and would be able immediately to claim as a widow and to get full advantage as a widow.
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And now we possess the drastic knowledge that the greatest and most tragicoccurrence in the history of civil aviation lies to our credit—or to our discredit.
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An official inquiry is being held into this tragicoccurrence, and until this has completed its work it would be premature for me to make any detailed statement.
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That was a tragicoccurrence.
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In this conference the emphasis was on seeking common denominators that may help us to forestall such tragic occurrences in the future.
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