Epilogue



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 收场白; 尾声
• ［英］ n. 收场白; 尾声 ( a closing section)
• ［记］ epi ( 在...后) +logue ( 说话) -> 在后面说话 -> 尾声;
• ［同］ 参考: prologue ( 开场白)

Webster Collegiate

also epilog noun

• Etymology: Middle English epiloge, from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from epilegein to say in addition, from epi- + legein to say — more at legend
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
• 2.
  • a. a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; also the actor speaking such an epilogue
  • b. the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action
• 3. the concluding section of a musical composition ; coda

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