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Dramatics, in this use, is behaviour that shows too much feeling — big sighs, tears, anger, a scene — when it feels , , or not quite sincere. If you are tired of someone’s dramatics, you think they are performing their feelings rather than simply having them.
Dramatics, in this usedramatics,在這個用法裡 is behaviour that shows too much feeling指的是情緒表現得太過頭的行為——big sighs, tears, anger, a scene大聲嘆氣、哭、生氣、鬧場——when it feels overdone, tiring, or not quite sincere當這感覺起來太誇張、讓人厭煩,或不太真誠的時候。If you are tired of someone's dramatics如果你受夠了某人的dramatics,you think they are performing their feelings代表你覺得他們是在表演情緒,rather than simply having them而不是單純有這種感覺
It is a critical word; the tone is informal to neutral, and a little sharp.
It is a critical word這是個帶批評意味的字;the tone is informal to neutral, and a little sharp語氣偏口語到中性,帶點尖銳
Though actually the same spelling can also mean drama as a school subject or club (“She is in dramatics” = she does school plays), so you have to hear whether the speaker sounds fed up or just factual. The over-the-top meaning comes from dramatic plus the -ics ending, the same kind of pattern as hysterics: a type of behaviour named after the adjective.
Though actually the same spelling can also mean drama as a school subject or club不過其實,同樣的拼法也可能指學校的戲劇這門課或社團("She is in dramatics" = she does school plays「She is in dramatics」意思是她在演校內話劇),so you have to hear whether the speaker sounds fed up or just factual所以你得聽聽看說話的人是嫌煩,還是只是在陳述事實。The over-the-top meaning comes from dramatic plus the -ics ending這種誇張的意思,是從dramatic加上-ics字尾來的,the same kind of pattern as hysterics跟hysterics是同一種造字模式:a type of behaviour named after the adjective用形容詞去命名一種行為
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dramaticsnoun
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The art of acting and stagecraft.
- By providing opportunities, time, and props, teachers can help children achieve the theatre standards of participating in sociodramatic playgroups and taking on roles of others in creative dramatics.
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Dramatic behaviour.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。