drama: [17] Etymologically, drama is simply ‘that which is done’ (in that respect it closely resembles act, which has the neutral, general meaning ‘do something’, as well as the more specific ‘perform on stage’). It comes via late Latin drāma from Greek drama, originally ‘deed, action’, and hence ‘play’. This was a derivative of the verb dran ‘do’, whose past participle was the ultimate source of English drastic [17]. => drastic
drama (n.)
1510s, from Late Latin drama "play, drama," from Greek drama (genitive dramatos) "play, action, deed," from dran "to do, act, perform" (especially some great deed, whether good or bad), from PIE *dere- "to work." Drama queen attested by 1992.
雙語例句
1. "Kathleen" was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, "An Irish Drama".
正如1892年劇本的副標題所強調的，《凱瑟琳》是一部“愛爾蘭戲劇”。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?
為什么地理、戲劇、藝術和英語逐漸受寵？
來自柯林斯例句
3. The drama takes an idealistic, even a naive view of the subject.
這部戲在對待這一主題上有些理想化，甚至是天真。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The meeting had all the ingredients of high political drama.
這次會議具備了作為高度戲劇性的政治事件的一切要素。
來自柯林斯例句
5. It carried off the Evening Standard drama award for best play.