[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]悲惨的;可悲的;可叹的 A tragic event or situation is extremely sad, usually because it involves death or suffering.
It was just a tragic accident...
它只是场不幸的事故。
…the tragic loss of so many lives…
这么多人的不幸丧生
The circumstances are tragic but we have to act within the law.
事情令人痛心,但我们必须在法律范畴内行事。
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Tragically, she never saw the completed building because she died before it was finished...
可叹的是,她在大楼竣工前就去世了,无缘见到它的落成。
My father died very suddenly and very tragically.
我父亲的死非常突然,非常不幸。
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[ADJ 形容词]悲剧的Tragic is used to refer to tragedy as a type of literature.
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...Michael Henchard, the tragic hero of 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'.
迈克尔·亨察德,《卡斯特桥市长》的悲剧主人公
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tra·gic/ˈtrædʒɪk; NAmEˈtrædʒɪk/adjective1making you feel very sad, usually because sb has died or suffered a lot 悲惨的;悲痛的;可悲的◆He was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24.他 24 岁时在一次悲惨的事故中丧命。◆Cuts in the health service could have tragic consequences for patients.减少公共医疗卫生服务可能对病人造成悲惨的后果。◆It would be tragic if her talent remained unrecognized.若她一直怀才不遇,那就可悲了。2[only before noun ]connected with tragedy(= the style of literature) 悲剧的◆a tragic actor/hero悲剧演员╱男主角▶tra·gic·al·ly/ˈtrædʒɪkli; NAmEˈtrædʒɪkli/adverb◆Tragically, his wife was killed in a car accident.他的妻子在车祸中不幸身亡。◆He died tragically young.他英年早逝。tra·gic/ˈtrædʒɪk; NAmEˈtrædʒɪk/tra·gic·al·ly/ˈtrædʒɪkli; NAmEˈtrædʒɪkli/
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tragictra‧gic /ˈtrædʒɪk/ ●●○ adjective
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1a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad, especially because it involves death or suffering → comic: The parents were not to blame for the tragic death of their son. Lillian Board’s death at 22 was a tragic loss for British athletics.2[only before noun] relating to tragedy in books or playsOPP comic: a great tragic actortragic hero (=the main person in a tragedy)
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