triumph

英 ['tra??mf] 美['tra??mf]

反義詞

GRE常用詞匯CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞

復數:?triumphs;第三人稱單數:?triumphs;過去式:?triumphed;過去分詞:?triumphed;現在分詞:?triumphing;

triumph 勝利，凱旋

來自拉丁語 triumphus,勝利，成功，古羅馬班師回朝的軍隊，來自希臘語 thriambos,贊歌，特指獻給酒神 Dionysus 的贊歌，詞源同 thriambus.

triumph: triumph: [14] Triumph comes via Old French triumphe from Latin triumphus, which denoted a ‘public celebration to welcome home a victorious general’. It was an alteration of Old Latin triumpus, which was probably borrowed from Greek thríambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’. The cards term trump is an alteration of triumph.
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triumph (n.): late 14c., "success in battle, conquest," also "spiritual victory" and "a procession celebrating victory in war," from Old French triumphe (12c., Modern French triomphe), from Latin triumphus "an achievement, a success; celebratory procession for a victorious general or admiral," from Old Latin triumpus, probably via Etruscan from Greek thriambos "hymn to Dionysus," a loan-word from a pre-Hellenic language.
triumph (v.): mid-15c., from Old French triumpher (13c.), from Latin triumphare, from triumphus (see triumph (n.)). Related: Triumphed; triumphing.

1. Even the quality papers agreed that it was a triumph.: 即使是內容嚴肅的報紙也認為這是一次勝利。

3. His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasy sense of foreboding.: 他的勝利因為一種令人不安的不祥預感蒙上了陰影。

4. The fin-ancial markets gave a muted response to the Democrats' triumph.: 金融市場對民主黨的勝利反響不大。