| 单词 | tragedy |
| 释义 | tragedy (trædʒɪdi ) Word forms: tragedies 1. variable noun B2 A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation. They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy. Maskell's life had not been without tragedy. Synonyms: disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, adversity 2. variable noun B2 Tragedy is a type of literature, especially drama, that is serious and sad, and often ends with the death of the main character. The story has elements of tragedy and farce. ...a classic Greek tragedy. Synonyms: tragic drama, play Quotations: Tragedy is clean, it is restful, it is flawlessAntigone Tragedy ought to be a great kick at miseryletter All tragedies are finish'd by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriageDon Juan The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feelLetters Collocations: awful tragedy Such an awful tragedy. Times, Sunday Times (2013) My deepest sympathy on such an awful tragedy. Times, Sunday Times (2006) But their moment of triumph was overshadowed by an awful family tragedy. The Sun (2007) Dozens of other tributes at the scene of the double tragedy included soft toys. The Sun A coroner described the horror as a 'double tragedy'. The Sun He might be a funny man but his life has been marred by a double tragedy. Times, Sunday Times The newborn was limp and lifeless and doctors feared a double tragedy. Times, Sunday Times It was a double tragedy. Times, Sunday Times For a man accustomed to sharing himself with the world, family tragedies have sometimes proved just too painful. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But their moment of triumph was overshadowed by an awful family tragedy. The Sun (2007) It was the first of a series of family tragedies. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The glamour and riches of showbiz can make us forget stars are no more immune to human tragedy than the rest of us. The Sun (2011) The result turned a meaningless victory in an obscure part of the country into a spectacular own goal and a human tragedy. Times, Sunday Times (2009) That could turn a terrible human tragedy into a wider economic shock. Times, Sunday Times (2015) At the time, it was an entirely personal tragedy. A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995) But his joy was dampened by a personal tragedy after the show was earlier recorded. The Sun (2012) The pair have suffered personal tragedy. The Sun (2012) It's a terrible tragedy that this can have happened. The Sun (2010) What began as a great day has ended in a terrible tragedy. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They have suffered a terrible tragedy. The Sun (2012) The world has been watching appalled as the tragedy unfolds. Times, Sunday Times And then a tragedy unfolds, a ludicrously improbable accident that sees a man plummet earthwards from an escaped hot air balloon. Times, Sunday Times The poetry of the libretto takes its force from the naval jargon, imbuing its rough lyricism with a kind of cosmic moral currency in which the tragedy unfolds. The Times Literary Supplement Instead, a tragedy unfolds, causing the death of a villager. The Sun Another unspeakable tragedy has devastated part of my extended family. Times, Sunday Times He said the review had heard 'horrific stories' of lives destroyed by people trying to 'do the right things for patients' and called failings an 'unspeakable tragedy'. The Sun What happened to them was an unspeakable tragedy. Times, Sunday Times In the face of such an unspeakable tragedy, those in power seem powerless just as the people who put them there need them most. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 悲剧 Japanese: 悲惨な出来事 |
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