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单词 epilogue
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Definition of epilogue in English:

epilogue

(US epilog)
noun ˈɛpɪlɒɡ
  • 1A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

    (书或戏剧的)结尾部分;尾声;(戏剧的)收场白

    the meaning of the book's title is revealed in the epilogue
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's an awkward epilogue to an otherwise agreeable piece of fluff.
    • I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter, but that's probably because there's only one more chapter and an epilogue to write.
    • In a way, it seemed like I was writing the epilogue to my life.
    • He leaves the house with the curse of his father, but in the epilogue to the play, his family accepts his decision.
    • Well, I've got seven more chapters and an epilogue to write.
    • There is a two-part epilogue to these door to door exercises.
    • I've also written an epilogue to this story… but I'll put that up later.
    • That's taken me a week, and there are nine chapters and an epilogue to go.
    • This novel consists of three primary sections that are framed by a prologue and an epilogue.
    • There then was the widely-photographed epilogue to that story.
    • Be sure to stick around for the epilogue to this episode.
    • Just one chapter (after this) and an epilogue to go!
    • Everything else is prologue and epilogue to that night.
    • It serves as the epilogue to one of the theologically most profound writings of the New Testament.
    • I always had an epilogue to the book, but originally it was my own epilogue.
    • The book consists of fifty-eight poems in five sections with an epilogue.
    • I just have the epilogue to write and then the story will have officially have come to an end.
    • The epilogue to the film is surprisingly contemporary.
    • He extolled Shakespeare in many of the prologues and epilogues he wrote for new productions and new theatres, and his ‘Ode to Shakespeare’ proved the most enduring feature of his 1769 Stratford Jubilee and its subsequent London staging.
    • Goethe employs the fiction that an editor-figure publishes, with an epilogue, the authentic letters of a young man who commits suicide.
    Synonyms
    afterword, postscript, PS, coda, codicil, appendix, tailpiece, supplement, addendum, postlude, rider, back matter
    conclusion, concluding speech, denouement, swan song, peroration
    rare postlude
    1. 1.1 A final or concluding act or event.
      a disastrous epilogue to the rest of his career

Origin

Late Middle English: from French épilogue, via Latin from Greek epilogos, from epi 'in addition' + logos 'speech'.

  • An epilogue, a comment or conclusion at the end of a book or play comes via Latin from Greek epilogos, from epi ‘in addition’ and logos ‘speech’.

Definition of epilogue in US English:

epilogue

(also epilog)
noun
  • 1A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

    (书或戏剧的)结尾部分;尾声;(戏剧的)收场白

    the meaning of the book's title is revealed in the epilogue
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The epilogue to the film is surprisingly contemporary.
    • Just one chapter (after this) and an epilogue to go!
    • Be sure to stick around for the epilogue to this episode.
    • In a way, it seemed like I was writing the epilogue to my life.
    • This novel consists of three primary sections that are framed by a prologue and an epilogue.
    • I've also written an epilogue to this story… but I'll put that up later.
    • Everything else is prologue and epilogue to that night.
    • I just have the epilogue to write and then the story will have officially have come to an end.
    • Goethe employs the fiction that an editor-figure publishes, with an epilogue, the authentic letters of a young man who commits suicide.
    • I always had an epilogue to the book, but originally it was my own epilogue.
    • It serves as the epilogue to one of the theologically most profound writings of the New Testament.
    • I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter, but that's probably because there's only one more chapter and an epilogue to write.
    • That's taken me a week, and there are nine chapters and an epilogue to go.
    • The book consists of fifty-eight poems in five sections with an epilogue.
    • There is a two-part epilogue to these door to door exercises.
    • It's an awkward epilogue to an otherwise agreeable piece of fluff.
    • There then was the widely-photographed epilogue to that story.
    • He extolled Shakespeare in many of the prologues and epilogues he wrote for new productions and new theatres, and his ‘Ode to Shakespeare’ proved the most enduring feature of his 1769 Stratford Jubilee and its subsequent London staging.
    • He leaves the house with the curse of his father, but in the epilogue to the play, his family accepts his decision.
    • Well, I've got seven more chapters and an epilogue to write.
    Synonyms
    afterword, postscript, ps, coda, codicil, appendix, tailpiece, supplement, addendum, postlude, rider, back matter
    1. 1.1 A final or concluding act or event.
      a disastrous epilogue to the rest of his career

Origin

Late Middle English: from French épilogue, via Latin from Greek epilogos, from epi ‘in addition’ + logos ‘speech’.

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