1event/situation that causes great sadness悲慘事件;悲慘狀況ADJECTIVE | VERB + TRAGEDY | TRAGEDY + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤absolute, appalling, awful, big, enormous, great, horrible, horrific, major, real, terrible, unspeakable十足的悲劇;可怕的悲劇;巨大的悲劇;可怕得無法形容的悲劇▸➤family, human, personal, private家庭悲劇;人類悲劇;個人悲劇➤national國家悲劇➤recent最近發生的悲劇VERB + TRAGEDY➤end in以悲劇結尾◇A family's outing ended in tragedy when their boat capsized.一家人出遊,結果船翻了,以一場悲劇告終。➤be dogged by, experience, face, suffer屢遭悲劇;遭受不幸➤cause造成悲劇◇We don't know what caused the tragedy.我們不知道是什麼造成了悲劇。➤avert, avoid, prevent避免悲劇;防止悲劇➤overcome走出悲劇➤survive經受住悲劇➤see, witness看到/見證悲劇➤exploit利用悲劇TRAGEDY + VERB➤befall sb, happen, occur, strike (sb)悲劇降臨到某人身上;悲劇發生(在某人身上)◇Tragedy struck when their eight-year-old daughter was knocked down by a car.悲劇發生,他們 8 歲的女兒被車撞了。➤unfold悲劇展開◇She had seen the tragedy unfold.她看到了悲劇一步步展開。➤affect sb/sth, touch sb悲劇影響⋯/觸動某人PREPOSITION➤tragedy for sb對某人而言是個悲劇◇The closure of the factory is a tragedy for the whole community.工廠的關閉是整個社區的悲劇。tragedy
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2serious play with a sad ending悲劇作品ADJECTIVE | VERB + TRAGEDYADJECTIVE➤classical, Greek, Jacobean, Shakespearean古典/希臘/英王詹姆斯一世時期的/莎士比亞悲劇➤revenge復仇悲劇VERB + TRAGEDY➤write寫悲劇