tragic
英 ['trædʒɪk]
美 ['trædʒɪk]
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tragic 悲剧的，悲惨的来自 tragedy,悲剧（戏剧），-ic,形容词后缀。词义由戏剧的悲剧通俗化。
- tragic (adj.)
- 1540s, "calamitous, disastrous, fatal" ("resembling the actions in a stage tragedy"), shortened from tragical (late 15c.), modeled on Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos "of or pertaining to tragedy; stately, majestic; plaintive," literally "goatish, of or pertaining to a goat," and perhaps referring to a satyr impersonated by a goat singer or satyric actor, from tragodia (see tragedy). Tragic flaw (1913) translates Greek hamartia. Related: Tragically.
- 1. Many cinema-goers were stunned by the film's violent and tragic end.
- 许多来看电影的人都被这部影片暴力而悲惨的结局所震惊。
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- 2. There developed a practice that came to a tragic and terrible end.
- 逐渐形成了一种做法，其结局却很悲惨。
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- 3. He called it the most grotesquely tragic experience that he's ever had.
- 他称之为人生中最离奇的不幸经历。
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- 4. It was just a tragic accident.
- 它只是场不幸的事故。
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- 5. These tragic incidents have had an immediate effect.
- 这些悲剧性事件造成的后果即刻显现。
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