The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇,帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 悲剧,惨剧;悲剧文学;悲剧理论,悲剧表演艺术;悲剧式作品;
💡 trag 表”山羊”,后引申为”悲剧”(最开始的悲剧是撒克逊人的山羊剧)##ode, ody 【希腊传入拉丁】表”歌,诗”#词根助记:trag(=山羊)+edy=山羊之歌(古代羊人剧是悲剧的前身)=悲剧
"a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy"
偏爱喜剧而不是悲剧
近义:holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster
反义:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
adj. 年幼的;有朝气的;年轻人的;青年的;
n. 年轻人;幼小的动物,崽;
💡 秧”(谐音)苗当然是 年轻的。有(U)勇(yong)的 年轻人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
近义:offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反义:antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native
📜 Oscar Wilde 的更多名言
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."