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elegy for sb/sth
The poet recited an elegy for the victims.
诗人朗诵了一首为受害者写的哀歌。
挽歌；哀歌；悼诗
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挽歌；哀歌；悼诗
A mournful poem or song; a lament for the dead.
The poet recited an elegy for the victims.
诗人朗诵了一首为受害者写的哀歌。
哀歌；挽歌；悼诗
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
哀伤的诗歌；对死者的挽歌
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
哀伤的作品
A composition of mournful character.
哀歌体的古典诗歌
A classical poem written in elegiac meter
The poet wrote an elegy for his deceased friend.
这位诗人为他去世的朋友写了一首挽歌。
Her collection includes several elegies from the 18th century.
她的作品集中收录了几首18世纪的挽歌。
The music had a slow, mournful quality that reminded me of an elegy.
这首音乐缓慢而悲伤，让我想起了挽歌。
The poet recited an elegy for the victims.
诗人朗诵了一首为受害者写的哀歌。
She composed an elegy to her lost youth.
她创作了一首哀叹逝去青春的挽歌。
He wrote an elegy for his dog.
他为他的狗写了一首挽歌。
Not this
The priest gave an elegy at the funeral.
Use this
The priest gave a eulogy at the funeral.
Elegy 指哀悼死者的诗，而 eulogy 指葬礼上赞美逝者的演讲，两者容易混淆。
Not this
She elegied the loss of her pet.
Use this
She wrote an elegy for the loss of her pet.
Elegy 是名词，不能直接用作动词；应使用 write an elegy 或 lament。
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写一首挽歌
The poet wrote an elegy for his late mentor.
这位诗人为他已故的导师写了一首挽歌。
为……所作的挽歌
She composed an elegy for the victims of the war.
她为战争受害者谱写了一首挽歌。
田园挽歌
Milton's 'Lycidas' is a famous pastoral elegy.
弥尔顿的《利西达斯》是一首著名的田园挽歌。
葬礼挽歌
The choir sang a funeral elegy at the ceremony.
唱诗班在仪式上唱了一首葬礼挽歌。
纪念……的挽歌
He published an elegy in memory of the fallen soldiers.
他发表了一首纪念阵亡士兵的挽歌。
《墓园挽歌》
Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is one of the most quoted poems in English literature.
格雷的《墓园挽歌》是英国文学中被引用最多的诗歌之一。
《杜伊诺哀歌》
Rilke's 'Duino Elegies' explore themes of existence and spirituality.
里尔克的《杜伊诺哀歌》探索了存在与灵性等主题。
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联想“elegy”中的“e”像泪滴，“leg”像垂下，哀悼逝者时垂泪吟诗。
语域：formal 常见场景：poetry、literature、funeral or memorial elegy 是比较正式、文学性的用词，通常出现在诗歌、文学作品或悼念场合中；日常口语中较少使用。
可数名词，复数形式为elegies。
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