- eulogy (of/to somebody/something)
a speech or piece of writing praising somebody/something very much 颂词;颂文 a eulogy to marriage 婚礼颂词
- eulogy (for/to somebody)
a speech given at a funeral praising the person who has died (颂扬死者的)悼词,悼文 He gave the eulogy at Aunt Louise’s funeral. 他在路易丝姨妈的葬礼上致悼辞。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘high praise’): from medieval Latin eulogium, eulogia (from Greek eulogia ‘praise’), apparently influenced by Latin elogium ‘inscription on a tomb’ (from Greek elegia ‘elegy’). The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.