epitaph
noun /ˈepɪtɑːf/
/ˈepɪtæf/
- words that are written or said about a dead person, especially words on a gravestone
悼文；祭文；（尤指）墓志铭，碑文 - His epitaph read: ‘A just and noble countryman’.
他的墓志铭上写着:“一个公正高尚的乡下人”。
Topics Life stagesc2- Joyce's epitaph on King Edward VIII
乔伊斯为国王爱德华八世写的悼文 - She wrote the perfect epitaph for the poet.
她为诗人写了完美的悼词。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fitting
- write
- make
- stand as
- …
- as an epitaph
- epitaph for
- epitaph on
- …
- be somebody’s epitaph
- His epitaph read: ‘A just and noble countryman’.
- epitaph (to somebody/something) something that is left to remind people of a particular person, a period of time or an event
遗物；遗存；遗迹 - These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s.
这些贫民窟是 20 世纪 60 年代住房政策的遗迹。
- These films stand as an epitaph to the great director.
这些影片是这位伟大导演的遗作。 - It makes a fitting epitaph to a great career.
这成了一个伟大事业的最佳纪念。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fitting
- write
- make
- stand as
- …
- as an epitaph
- epitaph for
- epitaph on
- …
- be somebody’s epitaph
- These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s.
词源late Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, neuter of ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ + taphos ‘tomb’.