tragedy
n
1 [C, U] terrible event that causes great sadness 悲惨的事
Investigators are searching the wreckage of the plane to try and find the cause of the tragedy. 调查人员在飞机残骸中搜索, 希望找出造成这一悲惨事件的原因.
a life blighted by tragedy 饱经惨事折磨的一生
(fig 比喻) It's a tragedy (ie extremely regrettable) for this country that he never became prime minister. 他从未当上首相, 这是国家的极大不幸.
2
(a) [C] serious play with a sad ending 悲剧
Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies 莎士比亚的悲剧和喜剧.
(b) [U] branch of drama that consists of such plays 悲剧艺术
classical French tragedy 法国的古典悲剧艺术. Cf 参看 comedy.
Settlers made agreements with Native American cheifs but always broke them afterwards.
殖民者同美洲土著人的首领达成了协议,但是这些协议随后总是被撕毁。
There is no need to say anything to the other worker.
你没有必要跟那个工友说什么。
If an unfair law existed, - and there were many that had been passed by the British rulers in India and South Africa - it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence.