"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"
1.不幸;灾难;惨剧
Atragedy is an extremely sad event or situation.
e.g. They have suffered an enormous personaltragedy...
他们遭逢了巨大的个人不幸。
e.g. Maskell's life had not been withouttragedy.
马斯克尔的生活亦有过变故。
2.悲剧（作品）
tragedy is a type of literature, especially drama, that is serious and sad, and often ends with the death of the main character.
tragedy
e.g. The story has elements oftragedy and farce.
这个故事兼有悲剧与闹剧的元素。
e.g. …a classic Greektragedy.
古典希腊悲剧
1. 悲剧片：comedy 喜剧片 |tragedy 悲剧片 | dracula movie 恐怖片
2. 虽知爱情多半是：竟让俺冲动有点Horny, | 虽知爱情多半是tragedy, | 但俺不信总是不lucky,
3. tragedy
3. 灾难：natural disaster 自然灾害 |tragedy 灾难 | wreckage 残骸
从一开始，那个女孩的悲剧就是不可避免的。
Shakespeare's Hamlet is a very famous tragedy.莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》是一部十分著名的悲剧。
It was not long before tragedy struck again.没多久，灾难又再次降临。
This recent tragedy has put the manufacturersof the drug squarely in the dock.新近发生的这一悲惨事件使药品厂商受到指控。
It was a tragedy that she died so young.她这么年轻就去世，真是太不幸了。
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。
Shakespeare's tragedies莎士比亚的悲剧
Greek tragedy希腊悲剧
They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy...他们遭逢了巨大的个人不幸。
Maskell's life had not been without tragedy.马斯克尔的生活亦有过变故。
The story has elements of tragedy and farce.这个故事兼有悲剧与闹剧的元素。
'u2026a classic Greek tragedy.古典希腊悲剧
This tragedy graphically demonstrates the dangers of walking on the fells after dark.这一不幸事件生动地表明天黑后在丘陵地区行走是多么危险.
The tragedy he mentioned took place in January.他提到的那一悲惨事件发生在一月.
The book ended in tragedy.这本书以悲剧结尾.
The play was a tragedy, but the acting was laughable.戏是悲剧, 可是演得却令人发笑.
The tragedy left a scar on her mind.这个悲剧给她造成精神上的创伤.
The catastrophe of a tragedy usually brings death or ruin to the leading character.悲剧的结局常常是主角死亡或毁灭.
It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.很难确切知道这场悲剧的严重程度.
A family's outing ended in tragedy when their boat capsized.一家人出游,结果船翻了,造成悲剧.
Do you prefer comedy or tragedy?你喜欢喜剧还是悲剧?
Complacency could easily result in tragedy.自满容易导致悲剧.
Their holiday ended in tragedy when their hotel caught fire.他们住的旅馆着了火,他们的假日就以不幸而告终.
Today's events bespeak future tragedy.今天的事件预示着未来的不幸.
Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.我们的喜剧是对莎士比亚一出悲剧的讽刺性模仿.
The news of the tragedy really knocked us out.关于这一惨案的消息确实使我们感到震惊.
The tragedy took place one day in September.这一惨案发生在9月的某一天.
a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy偏爱喜剧而不是悲剧
It would be a tragedy if both sexes were enslaved to the god of work.如果男人和女人都被工作所束缚，那将会是一场悲剧。
Maskell's life had not been without tragedy.马斯克尔的生活亦有过变故。
The national tragedy of rival groups killing each other continued throughout 1990.敌对派别相互残杀的国家悲剧1990年全年都在上演。
The..horror of Webster's revenge tragedy is beautifully tempered by a touching realism in..[this] production.
出自：Guardian
