elegiac
elegiac 英 [ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək] 美 [ˌɛləˈdʒaɪək, ɪˈlidʒiˌæk]
adj. 挽歌的；哀悼的，哀伤的 n. 挽歌，哀歌
名词复数:elegiacs
- If there's one song on your playlist that always brings tears to your eyes, maybe it's because it has an elegiac quality. Elegiac means "mournful or sad."
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- adj. 挽歌的；哀悼的，哀伤的
- n. 挽歌，哀歌
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1. The stories are not angry, accusatory, or even ideological. It’s worse: they are condescendingly elegiac.
这些故事并不代表愤怒、指责，甚至思想，更糟的是：它们是婉转的挽歌。
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2. "Already in [the first Godzilla], the elegiac quality is being established" -- as in the haunting score by Akira Ifukube.
“早在[第一个哥斯拉]时，这种挽歌的气质已经就此埋下了” 。
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3. This was especially evident in his elegiac and defiant valedictory speech in the House of Commons in 2007, announcing his resignation as prime minister after a decade's service.
这是2007年他在下议院的哀悼并且挑衅的告别辞演讲中尤其明显的表现，他在作为首相十年后宣布辞职。
- elegiac (adj.) 1580s, in reference to lines of verse of a particular construction, from Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from eleigeia (see elegy). In ancient Greece the verse form was used especially with mournful music. Meaning "pertaining to an elegy or elegies" is from 1640s in English; loosened sense "expressing sorrow, lamenting" is from c. 1800. Related: Elegiacal (1540s, of meter); elegiacally.
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