melodrama
[ˈmɛləˌdrɑmə, -ˌdræmə]
n.
情节剧,音乐剧,传奇剧,耸人听闻的事件,闹剧;
传奇剧式的事件(或言行);
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The action slips from comedy to melodrama and finally to tragedy.
剧情从喜剧逐渐发展为情节剧,最后又演变为悲剧。
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The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
那段录像里是7分钟极尽夸张搞笑的闹剧表演。
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a gripping Victorian melodrama
动人心弦的维多利亚时代情节剧
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This powerful melodrama, written in high-flown prose.
来自M. Meyer
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What resulted, she says, is not much more than political melodrama.
来自VOA
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Though not without merit, the overriding sensation is one of empty melodrama.
来自BBC