a very sad event or situation, especially one that involves death 悲惨的事；不幸；灾难；惨案 It's a tragedy that she died so young. 她英年早逝是一大悲哀。 Tragedy struck the family when their son was hit by a car and killed. 这个家庭惨遭不幸，他们的儿子被汽车撞死了。 The whole affair ended in tragedy. 整个事件以悲剧而告终。 Investigators are searching the wreckage of the plane to try to find the cause of the tragedy. 调查人员正在搜寻飞机残骸，试图找到悲剧的原因。
Extra ExamplesShe had seen the tragedy unfold. 她看到了悲剧一步步展开。 The closure of the factory is a tragedy for the whole community. 工厂的关闭是整个社区的悲剧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- appalling
- awful
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- end in
- be dogged by
- experience
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- befall somebody
- happen
- occur
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- tragedy for somebody
a serious play with a sad ending, especially one in which the main character dies; plays of this type 悲剧；悲剧作品 Shakespeare’s tragedies 莎士比亚的悲剧 Greek tragedy 希腊悲剧 Revenge tragedies were very popular in Elizabethan England. 复仇悲剧在伊丽莎白一世时代的英格兰非常受欢迎。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- classical
- Greek
- Jacobean
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- write
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French tragedie, via Latin from Greek tragōidia, apparently from tragos ‘goat’ (the reason remains unexplained) + ōidē ‘song, ode’. Compare with tragic.