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单词 trilogy
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Definition of trilogy in English:

trilogy

nounPlural trilogies ˈtrɪlədʒiˈtrɪlədʒi
  • 1A group of three related novels, plays, films, etc.

    J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was the third volume of the trilogy which received the greatest popular and critical acclamation at the time of publication.
    • Many of the books there are part of a trilogy or an extended series.
    • The results, as throughout the trilogy, are delightful.
    • But yes, I had geeky fun and will see the three films back-to-back at the trilogy's first marathon screening.
    • Although it is tempting to make this series a trilogy, I think that it's time I retired these characters and started fresh again.
    • Firstly, he decided on a trilogy and to film it in one epic shoot.
    • There will also be a preview on Thursday, November 13, of a trilogy of short films based on Oscar Wilde's famous children stories.
    • Of the films in the trilogy, two were shot in the pre-Emergency period and the last one came out in 1975.
    • There are some mysteries in the trilogy that you don't fully explain.
    • This trilogy of works may well be seen as Rodney's major book-length contributions to medieval history.
    • One of last year's great discoveries was a furious trilogy of forgotten plays from the first world war.
    • This isn't just a film, or a trilogy, it's cinema history.
    • Even back then, they insisted on making a trilogy of films, a tactic that seems to have been partially inspired by their reading too many comics as kids.
    • People say it's the greatest trilogy ever filmed!
    • It is the first of a trilogy of films based on JRR Tolkien's books.
    • This ratio was worked out for the first film when the trilogy's success was still unknown and while Jackson packed less punch in Hollywood.
    • It is a classic example of a series in which there was a vague idea of a trilogy, but that never really came together until after the success of the first film.
    • This is the first of what is to be a trilogy on the First World War.
    • The film is a trilogy of tales, though the structure pays very little mind to that structure, opening and closing with a connected gag.
    • That was part of the trilogy of plays I was going to do about the burning down of Harlem and the movement of people back south.
    1. 1.1 (in ancient Greece) a series of three tragedies performed one after the other.
      the Aeschylean trilogy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This huge opera is nothing less than a setting in Russian of almost the entire plot of the trilogy of Aeschylus.
      • Probably less familiar are the subsequent two tragedies in the trilogy: Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
      • In his trilogy of plays, The Oresteia, he deals with the themes of betrayal, murder and reconciliation.
      • Athenians at the time may have recalled another great Greek expedition overseas, to Troy; Euripides' Trojan trilogy was produced in 415.
      • The only trilogy intact today is Aeschylus' Orestia, which describes the tragic story of the House of Atreus after Agamemnon's triumphant return.
      • In this paper 1 shall discuss only King Oedipus, the key play in Sophocles' trilogy.
    2. 1.2 A group of three related things.
      a trilogy of cases reflected this development
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But three is just too much, and results in a trilogy of errors that will further confuse the Christian.
      • Central to many of the protests against it is a trilogy of discontents about the idea of capitalism, the process of globalization, and the behavior of corporations.
      • That was the third of a trilogy of decisions of the Court of Appeal.
      • Given their overlapping concerns, these films form an unofficial trilogy.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek trilogia, from tri- ‘three times’ + logos ‘story’.

Rhymes

antilogy
 
 

Definition of trilogy in US English:

trilogy

nounˈtrɪlədʒiˈtriləjē
  • 1A group of three related novels, plays, films, operas, or albums.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of last year's great discoveries was a furious trilogy of forgotten plays from the first world war.
    • Firstly, he decided on a trilogy and to film it in one epic shoot.
    • Although it is tempting to make this series a trilogy, I think that it's time I retired these characters and started fresh again.
    • This ratio was worked out for the first film when the trilogy's success was still unknown and while Jackson packed less punch in Hollywood.
    • Of the films in the trilogy, two were shot in the pre-Emergency period and the last one came out in 1975.
    • It was the third volume of the trilogy which received the greatest popular and critical acclamation at the time of publication.
    • That was part of the trilogy of plays I was going to do about the burning down of Harlem and the movement of people back south.
    • The results, as throughout the trilogy, are delightful.
    • It is the first of a trilogy of films based on JRR Tolkien's books.
    • People say it's the greatest trilogy ever filmed!
    • This trilogy of works may well be seen as Rodney's major book-length contributions to medieval history.
    • There will also be a preview on Thursday, November 13, of a trilogy of short films based on Oscar Wilde's famous children stories.
    • The film is a trilogy of tales, though the structure pays very little mind to that structure, opening and closing with a connected gag.
    • There are some mysteries in the trilogy that you don't fully explain.
    • Many of the books there are part of a trilogy or an extended series.
    • This isn't just a film, or a trilogy, it's cinema history.
    • Even back then, they insisted on making a trilogy of films, a tactic that seems to have been partially inspired by their reading too many comics as kids.
    • It is a classic example of a series in which there was a vague idea of a trilogy, but that never really came together until after the success of the first film.
    • But yes, I had geeky fun and will see the three films back-to-back at the trilogy's first marathon screening.
    • This is the first of what is to be a trilogy on the First World War.
    1. 1.1 (in ancient Greece) a series of three tragedies performed one after the other.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Athenians at the time may have recalled another great Greek expedition overseas, to Troy; Euripides' Trojan trilogy was produced in 415.
      • This huge opera is nothing less than a setting in Russian of almost the entire plot of the trilogy of Aeschylus.
      • In his trilogy of plays, The Oresteia, he deals with the themes of betrayal, murder and reconciliation.
      • The only trilogy intact today is Aeschylus' Orestia, which describes the tragic story of the House of Atreus after Agamemnon's triumphant return.
      • Probably less familiar are the subsequent two tragedies in the trilogy: Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
      • In this paper 1 shall discuss only King Oedipus, the key play in Sophocles' trilogy.
    2. 1.2 A group or series of three related things.
      a trilogy of cases reflected this development
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Given their overlapping concerns, these films form an unofficial trilogy.
      • Central to many of the protests against it is a trilogy of discontents about the idea of capitalism, the process of globalization, and the behavior of corporations.
      • But three is just too much, and results in a trilogy of errors that will further confuse the Christian.
      • That was the third of a trilogy of decisions of the Court of Appeal.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek trilogia, from tri- ‘three times’ + logos ‘story’.

 
 
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