epitaph
epitaph 英 [ˈepɪtɑ:f] 美 [ˈepɪtæf]
n. 碑文，墓志铭
名词复数:epitaphs
- An epitaph is an inscription on a gravestone. Famous for his comedic jabs at the City of Brotherly Love, writer W.C. Fields once said he wanted "I'd rather be living in Philadelphia" as the epitaph on his tombstone.
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- n. 碑文，墓志铭
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1. His epitaph for himself would have well suited man as he wanted him to be.
他为自己写的墓志铭非常适合像他所期望成为的那种人。
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2. I would say that all of those ways of reading the epitaph are consistent with hermeneutics.
可以说所有这些解读这条墓志铭的方法,都和现代阐释学相一致。
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3. No shockwave swept through the Arab world as news of Bin Laden's death spread, and that is perhaps the most fitting epitaph.
拉登死讯的传播并未形成席卷阿拉伯世界的冲击波，也许这个作为墓志铭是再合适不过的了。
- epitaph (n.) "inscription on a tomb or monument," mid-14c., from Old French epitaphe (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin epitaphium "funeral oration, eulogy," from Greek epitaphion "a funeral oration," noun use of neuter of epitaphios (logos) "(words) spoken on the occasion of a funeral," from epi "at, over" (see epi-) + taphos "tomb, funeral rites," from PIE root *dhembh- "to bury." Related: Epitaphial. Among the Old English equivalents was byrgelsleoð.
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