making you feel very sad, usually because somebody has died or suffered a lot 悲惨的；悲痛的；可悲的 He was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24. 他 24 岁时在一次悲惨的事故中丧命。 Cuts in the health service could have tragic consequences for patients. 减少公共医疗卫生服务可能对病人造成悲惨的后果。 It would be tragic if her talent remained unrecognized. 若她一直怀才不遇，那就可悲了。 a rather tragic story 相当悲惨的故事
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- particularly
- really
- terribly
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- [only before noun]
connected with tragedy (= the style of literature) 悲剧的 a tragic actor/hero 悲剧演员／男主角
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French tragique, via Latin from Greek tragikos, from tragos ‘goat’, but associated with tragōidia (see tragedy).