1540s, "calamitous, disastrous, fatal" ("resembling the actions in a stage tragedy"), shortened from tragical (late 15c.), modeled on Latin tragicus, from Greek tragikos "of or pertaining to tragedy; stately, majestic; plaintive," literally "goatish, of or pertaining to a goat," and perhaps referring to a satyr impersonated by a goat singer or satyric actor, from tragodia (see tragedy). Tragic flaw (1913) translates Greek hamartia. Related: Tragically.
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1. Many cinema-goers were stunned by the film's violent and tragic end.
許多來看電影的人都被這部影片暴力而悲慘的結局所震驚。
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2. There developed a practice that came to a tragic and terrible end.
逐漸形成了一種做法，其結局卻很悲慘。
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3. He called it the most grotesquely tragic experience that he's ever had.
他稱之為人生中最離奇的不幸經歷。
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4. It was just a tragic accident.
它只是場不幸的事故。
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5. These tragic incidents have had an immediate effect.