单词 | commentary |
释义 | com·men·tary 1. a. < Blackstone's Commentaries > b. < Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War > 2. a. < a commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy > < commentaries on the Scriptures > b. c. 3. a. < godly persons … whose lives might be a fitting commentary on their teaching — W.H.Prescott > : a fact or piece of evidence that explains or illustrates a condition or characteristic < the dark, airless apartments and sunless factories … are a sad commentary upon our civilization — H.A.Overstreet > b. < both books are commentaries with tragic or ironic overtones on certain social groups > < a scene that is a gem of satiric commentary on the world of art — Rose Feld > 4. |
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