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elegy [ˈelıdʒı] N

elegant [ˈelıgənt] ADJ

elegant
优雅的 yōuyǎde
elegant
雅致的 yǎzhìde
▶ elegance [ˈelıgəns]
▶ elegancy [ˈelıgənsı] N
▶ elegantly ADV

legion [ˈliːdʒən] N

legacy [ˈlegəsı] N

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The third elegiac piece is a description of a successful eastern general who fell from power.
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He paid little attention to the prevailing system of genres, and many a time would fill an ode with elegiac, humorous, or satiric contents.
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He also freed the elegy from the classical elegiac meter.
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In opposition to the sophisticated, urban woman of the elegiac ideal, the woman of the mythical golden age was a simple rustic.
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Many of this season's stories also had an elegiac tone, with entropy and decay being a recurring theme.
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Parody is another typical element of elegiac humour.
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These events, among others, triggered elegiac outpourings ranging from the unusual to the bizarre.
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The ministry noted that the style illuminates elegiac pain and discomfort in an eerily intense drama, and the story is difficult to shake off.
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Most of the music is very elegiac as befits the piece.
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From now on, the general mood of the quartet changes and turns more elegiac and tragic.
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