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单词 saga
释义
saga
(sɑː )
Word forms: sagas
1. countable noun
A saga is a long story, account, or sequence of events.
...a 600-page saga about 18th-century slavery.
...the continuing saga of unexpected failures by leading companies. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A saga is a long story composed in medieval times in Norway or Iceland.
...a Nordic saga of giants and trolls. [+ of]
Synonyms: epic, story, tale, legend  
Collocations:
family saga
This is a rich, funny, ambitious and multilayered family saga.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
This is a family saga about the bond between two brothers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The film becomes an engaging but unspectacular family saga.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Peter was finding the Bright family saga less than enthralling.
MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2002)
This is a good old-fashioned family saga.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
whole saga
In the end, though, the whole saga seems oddly lacking in sufficient drama to have brought down a government and ushered in the permissive age.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We know the whole saga is a joke and we are going to laugh at you.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The whole saga spans thousands of miles.
Jackson, Rosie Mothers who Leave (1994)
Translations:
Chinese: 长篇故事
Japanese: 長編歴史物語
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