tragic

tragic
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。
    ■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。
    ■of or relating to tragedy in a literary work
    (与)悲剧作品(有关)的
派生
tragical
adjective
tragically
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French tragique, via Latin from Greek tragikos, from tragos 'goat', but associated with tragō-idia (see tragedy)
英语宝典
考试词汇表