英语词汇“tragedy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	tragedy
释义	trag·e·dy \ˈtrajədē, -di\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English tragedie, from Middle French, from Latin tragoedia, from Greek tragōidia, from tragos he-goat + -ōidia (from aeidein to sing); probably from the ancient Greek tragedy's having been influenced by the Peloponnesian satyr play, in which the satyrs were represented as goatlike rather than horselike creatures; akin to Greek trōgein to gnaw — more at ode, terse 1. a. : a medieval narrative poem or tale (as Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde) typically describing the downfall of a great man b. (1) : a drama in verse or prose and of serious and dignified character that typically describes the development of a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny, circumstance, society) and reaches a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror < in the classical tragedy the solution was death — Domenico Vittorini > — compare catharsis, comedy (2) : a nondramatic work (as a novel) that resembles a tragic drama in character, development, and conclusion < forcing the rhetoric of his tragedy … in the final pages most painfully — Vernon Young > c. : an ancient Greek lyric poem sung by a chorus d. : a literary genre consisting of tragic dramas < relies upon the Aristotelian account of tragedy — Cleanth Brooks & R.B.Heilman > < the study of tragedy is the study of men at their best — G.K.Chalmers > 2. a. (1) : a disastrous often fatal event or series of events : calamity < got back … to find myself in the midst of tragedy — H.J.Laski > < the scene of some of our most sickening road tragedies — Priscilla Hughes > < revealed the evidence of a tragedy of long ago — W.E.Swinton > (2) : an unfortunate, sad, or discouraging occurrence or situation : bad luck : unhappy fate : misfortune < the plight of these people is a human tragedy which wrings the heart — H.G.Rickover > < a tragedy that this rich … corner of the state has been so sadly neglected — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > < the tragedy of plain women; to be valued, but not loved — Mary Austin > b. : an unqualified failure : flop, disaster < the one architectural tragedy on the university grounds — American Guide Series: Virginia > < last night's party was a tragedy > 3. obsolete : lamentation, jeremiad < I wail, and make my woes a tragedy — Edmund Spenser > 4. : the tragic quality or element < comprehension of the tragedy of life as well as of its warmth and humor — Current Biography >
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