2011年2月5日 星期六

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') pronunciation
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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