| 单词 | eulogy |
| 释义 | eulogy (once / 1415 pages) n At every funeral, there comes a moment when someone speaks about the life of the person who died. The speaker is delivering what is known as a eulogy. A eulogy is a formal speech that praises a person who has died. Usually a eulogy makes the dead person sound a lot more impressive than they really were. A couple of less common synonyms for this kind of "praise the dead" speech are panegyric and encomium. Sometimes the dead person was so unimpressive that there's nothing nice to say. And sometimes they were so awful that the only appropriate speech is a dyslogy that describes their faults and failings. WORD FAMILYeulogy: eulogies, eulogise, eulogist, eulogistic, eulogize+/eulogise: eulogised, eulogises, eulogising/eulogist: eulogists/eulogistic: eulogistically/eulogize: eulogized, eulogizes, eulogizing USAGE EXAMPLES“Modernism is our antiquity,” the historian T. J. Clark wrote in “Farewell to an Idea,” his 1999 eulogy for the art of the last century. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) But don’t expect a eulogy for the internal combustion engine any time soon. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) When he died, in the spring of 1983, eulogies poured in from all over the world. The New Yorker(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently Syn|Hyper eulogium congratulations, extolment, kudos, praise an expression of approval and commendation 2n a formal expression of praise Syn|Hyper encomium, paean, panegyric, pean congratulations, extolment, kudos, praise an expression of approval and commendation |
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