tragedy
noun /ˈtrædʒədi/
/ˈtrædʒədi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural tragedies)
- a very sad event or situation, especially one that involves death
悲惨的事；不幸；灾难；惨案 - It's a tragedy that she died so young.
她英年早逝是一大悲哀。 - Tragedy struck the family when their son was hit by a car and killed.
这个家庭惨遭不幸，他们的儿子被汽车撞死了。 - The whole affair ended in tragedy.
整个事件以悲剧而告终。 - Investigators are searching the wreckage of the plane to try to find the cause of the tragedy.
调查人员正在搜寻飞机残骸，试图找到悲剧的原因。
- She had seen the tragedy unfold.
她看到了悲剧一步步展开。 - The closure of the factory is a tragedy for the whole community.
工厂的关闭是整个社区的悲剧。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- appalling
- awful
- …
- end in
- be dogged by
- experience
- …
- befall somebody
- happen
- occur
- …
- tragedy for somebody
- It's a tragedy that she died so young.
- a serious play with a sad ending, especially one in which the main character dies; plays of this type
悲剧；悲剧作品 - Shakespeare’s tragedies
莎士比亚的悲剧 - Greek tragedy
希腊悲剧 - Revenge tragedies were very popular in Elizabethan England.
复仇悲剧在伊丽莎白一世时代的英格兰非常受欢迎。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- classical
- Greek
- Jacobean
- …
- write
- Shakespeare’s tragedies
词源late Middle English: from Old French tragedie, via Latin from Greek tragōidia, apparently from tragos ‘goat’ (the reason remains unexplained) + ōidē ‘song, ode’. Compare with tragic.