Front | triumph |
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Pron | ['traɪʌmf] |
Back | 【triumph】 n.大成功 The conquest of outer space is one of the greatest triumphs of modern science. 外太空的征服是现代科学最伟大的成就之一。 |
Vocab | triumpha successful ending of a struggle or contest
A triumph is a well-earned victory. It'll make you pump your fist and yell "Hurrah!" Triumph can be a noun or a verb, so you can have a triumph after the big game when you triumph over your opponents. Either way, it's a way to rejoice and a reason to whoop it up. The word comes from the Latin triumphus which is an "achievement, success, procession for a victorious general or admiral." The jury's still out on whether it comes from the Greek thriambos, as a "hymn to Dionysus," but it's fun to imagine that a triumph is a song to the Greek god of party animals. Fittingly, a Triumph is also the name of a motorcycle, a cool car, and a hard rockin' band from Canada. All forms of 'triumph' will appear on average once every 80 pages. triumph triumphal triumphant triumphantly |
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