tragic
/ˈtrædʒɪk/adjective
1- causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow悲惨的; 可悲的:
the shooting was a tragic accident.
这起枪杀事件是场悲剧。
1.1
- suffering extreme distress or sorrow悲惨的, 悲痛的:
the tragic parents reached the end of their tether.
双亲悲不自胜。
1.2
- of or relating to tragedy in a literary work(与)悲剧作品(有关)的。
派生词
tragical
adjectivetragically
adverb词源
mid 16th cent.: from French tragique, via Latin from Greek tragikos, from tragos 'goat', but associated with tragō-idia (see TRAGEDY).