| 词汇 | tragedy |
| 释义 | tragedy noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈtrædʒ.ə.di/ us /ˈtrædʒ.ə.di/ B2 a very sad event or situation, especially one involving death or suffering: 悲剧性事件，灾难，不幸 The pilot averted a tragedy when he succeeded in preventing the plane from crashing.飞行员成功阻止了飞机的坠毁，从而避免了一场悲剧。 Hitler's invasion of Poland led to the tragedy of the Second World War.希特勒入侵波兰引发了第二次世界大战这场浩劫。 His life was touched by hardship and personal tragedy.他的一生充满了艰辛和不幸。 Not long after they moved, tragedy struck - their son was killed in an accident.他们刚搬家不久就遭遇了不幸——儿子在一次交通事故中丧生。 [ + (that) ]It's a tragedy (that) so many young people are unable to find jobs.这么多的年轻人找不到工作，真是不幸。 a play about death or suffering with a sad end, or this type of play generally: 悲剧（作品） Shakespeare's tragedies include "Hamlet", "King Lear", and "Othello".莎士比亚的悲剧作品包括《哈姆雷特》、《李尔王》和《奥赛罗》。 In Greek tragedy, the role of the chorus is to express the audience's reactions to what is happening in the play.在希腊悲剧中，合唱队的作用是表达观众对剧情发展的反应。 We are deeply saddened by this devastating tragedy.这起令人震惊的悲剧事件使我们沉浸在深深的悲痛之中。 News of the tragedy has sobered us. It's a tragedy that these young people were struck down in their prime.这些年轻人英年早逝真是令人痛心。 The tragedy of being a dancer is that you're all washed up by the time you're 35.当一个舞蹈演员的悲哀就在于，到了35岁你的事业就都结束了。 Within hours of the tragedy happening, an emergency rescue team had been assembled.悲剧发生后几小时之内，就集结起来一支紧急救援队伍。 Accidents and disasters a disaster waiting to happenidiom accident accidental accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom an accident waiting to happenidiom calamity cataclysm cataclysmic cataclysmically catastrophe disastrous disastrously doomsday scenario dumpster fire natural disaster non-emergency perfect storm post-accident snafu You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Literature tragedy | American Dictionarytragedy noun[ C/U ] us/ˈtrædʒ·ɪ·di/ a very sad event or situation, esp. one involving death or suffering: [ U ]His reckless driving was bound to end in tragedy. A tragedy is also a situation or result that is bad: [ C ]It’s a tragedy (that) so many children are unable to get a decent education. literature In the theater, a tragedy is a serious play that ends with the death or suffering of the main character: [ C ]Shakespeare’s tragedies Examples of tragedytragedy Ntankumaa originated from tragedies, real or legendary, which tradition claims befell par ticular small towns, villages, families, or individuals. In addition to these old tragedies, pugilistic encounters almost to the death had come off down to recent dates in that secluded arena. A small tribe of a few hundred people, living through revolutions, defeats, dangers, and tragedies, defends, squanders, or regains the identity of its own ethos. Ministers, municipal corporators, and bureaucrats awaken to the tragedies created by the strike only when there is a stench that threatens them. Most simply, as par t of the human family, we uphold one another as we share the tr iumphs and tragedies of life. Any writings in the field of poetry, tragedies, etc., would be an obstacle to my plan of becoming a professor of physiology and medicine. When set against the tragedies which litter the history of the twentieth century, these claims ring rather hollow. According to them, the official silence over the tragedies denies the validity of their sufferings. Can they illuminate the great tragedies of the past century? I asked my students what differences there were between the two tragedies. We note, finally, that in policymaking and policy tragedies, the narrative must embed a representation of the victim or the beneficiary (or both). Even though 45 % agreed that depression is a medical condition, 47 % felt that depressive disorders originated solely from tragedies or adversities in the person's life. Euripides often slows the dramatic action in order to give scope to his characters' passions in song, then uses those songs, in turn, to structure his tragedies. Although losses and tragedies occur as people grow older there are also strong grounds for believing in the ability of individuals to recover from these setbacks. However, the majority of chaconnes in tragedies en musique remained the prerogative of noble and magical characters, and thus mirrored the strongly hierarchical order of the ancien regime. See all examples of tragedy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withtragedytragedyThese are words often used in combination with tragedy. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. appalling tragedy That such an appalling tragedy in such circumstances could occur was greeted first with total disbelief and then with furled anger in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 awful tragedy Sixteen months ago, an awfultragedy took place in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 double tragedy That is a doubletragedy for them, but it has to be taken into account. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with tragedy |
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