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tragedy/ˈtrædʒidi/n. (pl. -ies) 1 a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe 伤亡事故；(犯罪)惨案；天灾人祸 2 a sad event; a calamity 悲惨事件；灾难 the team's defeat is a tragedy 球队输了球是一件悲伤的事 3a a play in verse or prose dealing with tragic events and with an unhappy ending, esp. concerning the downfall of the protagonist 悲剧，悲剧作品(用诗体或散文体来处理悲剧事件的戏剧作品，往往结局不幸，尤指主人公遭受不幸) b tragic plays as a genre (cf. 参见 COMEDY)(作为文学体裁的)悲剧，悲剧作品 [Middle English via Old French tragedie and Latin tragoedia, from Greek tragōidia, apparently from tragos ‘goat’ + ōidē ‘song’] |