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单词 peripeteia
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Definition of peripeteia in English:

peripeteia

noun ˌpɛrɪpɪˈtʌɪəˌpɛrɪpɪˈtiːə
formal
  • A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative.

    〈正式〉(尤指小说中命运或环境的)突变

    the peripeteias of the drama
    1936 is the peripeteia, the point where the action turned
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His intelligent cultivation and deferment of expectations through titles has built much of the resonance for this peripeteia by amplifying both the metaphorical and the mutual significance of what we have seen.
    • But the music itself coursed with the language and logic of the underdog peripeteia at the last-second buzzer.
    • It also stresses the revenger's isolation from the world and the peripeteia of his actions which always lead to his own destruction.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek peripeteia 'sudden change', from peri- 'around' + the stem of piptein 'to fall'.

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of peripeteia in US English:

peripeteia

noun
formal
  • A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative.

    〈正式〉(尤指小说中命运或环境的)突变

    the peripeteias of the drama
    1936 is the peripeteia, the point where the action turned
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But the music itself coursed with the language and logic of the underdog peripeteia at the last-second buzzer.
    • His intelligent cultivation and deferment of expectations through titles has built much of the resonance for this peripeteia by amplifying both the metaphorical and the mutual significance of what we have seen.
    • It also stresses the revenger's isolation from the world and the peripeteia of his actions which always lead to his own destruction.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek peripeteia ‘sudden change’, from peri- ‘around’ + the stem of piptein ‘to fall’.

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