drama
/ˈdrɑːmə/noun
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- a play for theatre, radio, or television戏; （舞台、广播或电视）剧：
a gritty urban drama about growing up in Harlem.
一出如实反映都市生活阴暗面的关于在哈莱姆黑人居住区成长经历的戏。
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- mass noun such works as a genre or style of literature（作为文学作品样式的）戏剧：
Renaissance drama.
文艺复兴时期的戏剧。
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- an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances戏剧性事件; 戏剧性场面; 戏剧性（或效果）：
a hostage drama
把人扣为人质的戏剧性事件
mass noun an afternoon of high drama at Wembley.在温布利的一个极具戏剧性的下午。
短语
make a drama out of
- informal exaggerate the importance of (a minor problem or incident)〈非正式〉把（小问题或小事）戏剧化, 将…夸大其辞。
词源
early 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek drama, from dran 'do, act'.