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a play for the theatre, television or radio 戏;剧 a costume/period/courtroom/crime drama 服装/时期/法庭/犯罪剧 a powerful television drama about city life 刻画城市生活的电视剧力作 a drama series set in an American dance academy 以美国舞蹈学院为背景的戏剧系列
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea2, TV, radio and newsa2, Hobbiesa2It is a lavish costume drama set in the early twentieth century. 这是一部耗资巨大的古装戏,背景设定在20世纪初。 The story easily fits into the standard mould of a courtroom drama. 这个故事很符合法庭戏的常规模式。 a gritty police drama 一部情节写实的警匪剧 Millions follow this hospital drama twice a week. 数百万人一周两次收看这部医疗剧。 The movie is a heart-warming family drama. 这是一部暖人心房的家庭片。 She stars in a new one-hour drama about a woman judge. 她在一部时长为一小时讲述一名女法官的故事的新剧中担当主角。 a hard-hitting drama about a teenage pregnancy 一部关于青少年怀孕的重磅剧
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
- powerful
- gritty
- …
- write
- create
- produce
- …
- production
- serial
- series
- …
- in a/the drama
- drama about
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plays considered as a form of literature 戏剧文学;戏剧艺术;戏剧 classical/modern drama 古典/现代戏剧 a drama critic 戏剧评论家 a drama school/group 戏剧学校/团体 a drama student/teacher 戏剧学生/老师 I studied English and Drama at college. 我在大学学的是英语和戏剧。 It is a first-class piece of costume drama. 这是一部一流的古装剧。
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea2, Educationa2Television drama is a powerful cultural medium. 电视剧是一种强有力的文化媒介。 It is very difficult to write good drama. 创作出好剧本很难。 He's a drama major at Howard University. 他在哈沃德大学主修戏剧专业。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
- powerful
- gritty
- …
- write
- create
- produce
- …
- production
- serial
- series
- …
- in a/the drama
- drama about
- [countable]
an exciting event 戏剧性事件;戏剧性情节 Extra Examplesa collection of people watching the drama unfold outside the nightclub 在夜总会外面目睹那戏剧性场面出现的一群人 The actor was involved in a real-life drama when he was held up at gunpoint last night. 这名演员遭遇了现实生活中的一个戏剧性事件 - 他昨晚在枪口威胁下被抢劫。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- real-life
- play out
- unfold
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the fact of being exciting 激动;兴奋;刺激 Extra ExamplesThe argument added a touch of drama to an otherwise dull day. 这场争论给本来可能是沉闷的一天增添了一点儿激情。 The afternoon was full of drama and excitement. 这个下午充满惊喜,令人兴奋。 Art should deal with the human drama and tragedy of everyday life. 艺术应当展现人类日常生活中的悲欢离合。 The media loved all the drama surrounding their divorce. 媒体热衷于他们离婚的所有情节。 The arrival of the police heightened the drama further. 警察的到来令人更加激动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- human
- touch
- be full of
- add
- heighten
- …
- surround something
- queen
- a moment of drama
Word Originearly 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek drama, from dran ‘do, act’.
Idioms
make a drama out of something
to make a small problem or event seem more important or serious than it really is 小题大做;大惊小怪