eulogy
英语
[编辑]
词源
[编辑]源自古希臘語 εὐλογία (eulogía, “赞美”)，等价于eu- + logia。
发音
[编辑]名词
[编辑]eulogy (複數 eulogies)
- 悼词
- 表扬，称赞
- 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:
- It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. The solemn servant was far too highly trained to betray the slightest satisfaction. He bowed with icy deference when my terms of eulogy were all exhausted, and silently opened the door for me to go out into the passage again.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
- The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.
- 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:
用法说明
[编辑]eulogy和elegy两者词形相似，发音相近，且均与死亡、葬礼的演讲、诗词有关，因此十分容易混淆。应记住elegy主要指哀悼，而eulogy主要指表扬，赞美。