tragedy

noun

1. 悲惨的事；不幸；灾难；惨案
   a very sad event or situation, especially one that involves death
   1. It's a tragedy that she died so young.
      她英年早逝是一大悲哀。
   2. 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。
   3. The whole affair ended in tragedy .
      整个事件以悲剧而告终。
2. 悲剧；悲剧作品
   a serious play with a sad ending, especially one in which the main character dies; plays of this type
   1. Shakespeare's tragedies
      莎士比亚的悲剧
   2. Greek tragedy
      希腊悲剧

1. N-VAR 不幸;灾难;惨剧
   A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation.
   1. They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy...
      他们遭逢了巨大的个人不幸。
   2. Maskell's life had not been without tragedy.
      马斯克尔的生活亦有过变故。
2. N-VAR 悲剧（作品）
   Tragedy is a type of literature, especially drama, that is serious and sad, and often ends with the death of the main character.
   1. The story has elements of tragedy and farce.
      这个故事兼有悲剧与闹剧的元素。
   2. …a classic Greek tragedy.
      古典希腊悲剧

1. Shakespeare has accustomed us to a mixture of humor and tragedy in the same play.
   莎士比亚让我们习见了同一场戏目中的悲喜交错。
2. The story ascends from a gothic tragedy to a miraculous fairy-tale.
   故事从一个哥特式悲剧升华为神奇的童话。
3. A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
   昨天险些酿成一场新的悲剧。
4. The tragedy was entirely avoidable.
   那场悲剧是完全可以避免的。
5. Additional bloodshed and loss of life will only compound the tragedy
   额外的流血和牺牲只会加重这场悲剧。
6. The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy
   报告说两艘船存在的设计缺陷也促成了这场悲剧的发生。
7. She will need medical help and counselling to overcome the tragedy
   她需要借助医学治疗和心理咨询来克服惨剧带来的影响。
8. Now I can look back on the whole tragedy from a distance of forty years.
   时隔40年后，现在我可以回顾整个悲剧了。
9. The incident could have ended in tragedy
   这起事件本会以悲剧收场。
10. It would be a tragedy if both sexes were enslaved to the god of work.
    如果男人和女人都被工作所束缚，那将会是一场悲剧。
11. The action slips from comedy to melodrama and finally to tragedy.
    剧情从喜剧逐渐发展为情节剧，最后又演变为悲剧。
12. What a tragedy if the sport suffers irretrievable damage because this issue is ducked.
    如果该运动因这一问题被回避而承受无法弥补的损失，那将是何种悲剧。
13. Tragedy has marked Wilmette's life
    悲剧笼罩着薇尔梅特的一生。
14. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.
    那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。
15. The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy
    船长向海岸警卫队报告了这起灾难。
16. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
    然而，不幸将很快降临到他的头上。
17. There is a theme of tragedy that runs through it: I'm thinking in particular of the story of Tom Howard.
    贯穿始终的是一个悲剧主题，特别是汤姆·霍华德的故事。
18. The national tragedy of rival groups killing each other continued throughout 1990
    敌对派别相互残杀的国家悲剧1990年全年都在上演。
19. They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy
    他们遭逢了巨大的个人不幸。
20. Maskell's life had not been without tragedy.
    马斯克尔的生活亦有过变故。
21. The story has elements of tragedy and farce.
    这个故事兼有悲剧与闹剧的元素。
22. a classic Greek tragedy.
    古典希腊悲剧
23. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
    贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。
24. His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.
    他的生活被这场灾难毁掉了。
25. The joy turned to tragedy during his years in Cyprus.
    他在塞浦路斯的那段日子里，生活由喜转悲。
26. The book ended in tragedy.
    这本书以悲剧结尾。
27. Do you prefer comedy or tragedy?
    你喜欢喜剧还是悲剧？
28. Today's events bespeak future tragedy.
    今日之事件乃预示他日之不幸。
29. Sometimes his style burlesqued tragedy.
    有时，他的风格使悲剧滑稽化了。
30. This is a tragedy.
    这是一个悲剧。

  tragedy adversity calamity catastrophe disaster misfortune【导航词义：悲剧，灾难】

  tragedy n. 悲剧性事件，惨剧

〔辨析〕指因有人死亡而令人震惊的不幸事件。

  adversity n. 逆境，不幸

〔辨析〕指困难重重或不走运的境况。

  calamity n. 灾难，祸患

〔辨析〕指意外发生的、造成重大损失的灾祸，语气强于 disaster，侧重于悲痛的心情；有时也指个人的不幸， 多为幽默用语。

  catastrophe n. 重大灾难；大祸

〔辨析〕语气最强，指造成破坏、死亡的可怕灾难，强调最终的结局；也可指极为麻烦的局面或悲惨的结局。

  disaster n. 灾难，灾祸

〔辨析〕普通用词，通常指各类人为或自然的灾祸，如核泄漏、洪水、暴风雪等。

  misfortune n. 不幸，灾祸

〔辨析〕多指较为严重的不幸，强调多由厄运或外界因素所致。

noun

1. drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance

2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
   1. the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
   2. the earthquake was a disaster

   Synonym:    calamitycatastrophedisastercataclysm