elegiac re-examination, irrecoverably

Remembering the Reagan We May Never Know

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

The centennial of Ronald Reagan's birth has prompted an elegiac re-examination of his presidency, but can't quite capture the man himself.

elegiac

• [èlidʒáiək]

[形]（またèl・e・gí・a・cal）((文))

1 《古典韻文》挽歌(ばんか)形式の, 哀歌体の.

2 哀調的

an elegiac tone
哀愁を帯びた調べ.

━━[名]((しばしば 〜s))挽歌形式の詩（行）；哀歌体の詩.

(ĕl'ə-jī'ək, ĭ-lē'jē-ăk')
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
2. Of or composed in elegiac couplets.

[Late Latin elegīacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia, elegy. See elegy.]

elegiac el'e·gi'ac n.
elegiacal el'e·gi'a·cal adj.
elegiacally el'e·gi'a·cal·ly adv.

irrecoverable

[形]((形式))

1 取り戻せない, 取り返しのつかない

an irrecoverable debt
回収不能の貸し金.

2 不治の, 元通りにならない

irrecoverable sorrow
救いようのない悲しみ.

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