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A eulogy is a speech or a piece of writing that praises someone a great deal, especially at a funeral. Friends and family often take turns to give a short eulogy. The word can stretch to praise of a thing — a eulogy to an old city, a eulogy for a dying craft — but the funeral speech is still the picture most people have. It is formal. You would not call a quick “she’s great” a eulogy; the word suggests a set piece, with care and some length. Though actually, people sometimes use it a little loosely for any warm tribute.
頌詞；悼詞（喪禮上稱頌逝者的講話）
組成From Middle English wloge, from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία, eulogía, “praise”); equivalent to eu- (“good”) + logia (“words”). Doublet of eulogium.
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。
eulogynoun/ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/
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An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
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Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.
- It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. The solemn servant was far too highly trained to betray the slightest satisfaction. He bowed with icy deference when my terms of eulogy were all exhausted, and silently opened the door for me to go out into the passage again.
- The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.
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。