melodrama

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mel·o·dra·ma /ˈmelədrɑːmə $ -drɑːmə, -dræmə/ noun [countable, uncountable]  1  STORYa story or play in which very exciting or terrible things happen, and in which the characters and the emotions they show seem too strong to be real 情节剧 He was behaving like a character in a Victorian melodrama. 他表现得就像维多利亚时代情节剧里的角色。2  EMOTIONALa situation in which people become more angry or upset than is really necessary 〔人们过分生气或不高兴的〕戏剧性场面，夸张的场面 Come on, there’s no need for all this melodrama. 好了，没必要闹成这种样子。

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melodrama• Why does she have to turn everything into a melodrama?• In many respects Griffith was a conventional story-teller and melodrama was always really the framework of his themes.• This has been a constant melodrama.• Some of the description is superb, but the climbing remains unconvincing, slipping too easily into melodrama and strange terminology.• Recounted with even a trace of melodrama, this story would read like a soap opera.• In theory, a star-driven period melodrama with top-notch production values should have been an attractive proposition for distributors.• Few events this century have rivaled the sinking of the Titanic for sheer melodrama.• This was Abba's tour de force, a brilliantly structured melodrama which put Faltskog's fragile, emotional vocal centre stage.• Hale met in the hogan with committee members and talked for more than three hours about the melodrama.Origin melodrama (1800-1900) French mélodrame, from Greek melos ( → MELODY) + French drame “drama”

mel·o·dra·ma nounChineseSyllable  

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melodrama
mel‧o‧dra‧ma /ˈmelədrɑːmə $ -drɑːmə, -dræmə/ noun [uncountable and countable]1. a story or play in which very exciting or terrible things happen, and in which the characters and the emotions they show seem too strong to be real:
    He was behaving like a character in a Victorian melodrama.
2. a situation in which people become more angry or upset than is really necessary:
    Come on, there’s no need for all this melodrama.

melo·dramaBrE /ˈmelədrɑːmə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmelədrɑːmə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] a story, play or novel that is full of exciting events and in which the characters and emotions seem too exaggerated to be real 情节剧；通俗剧；情节剧式故事（或小说）◆a gripping Victorian melodrama动人心弦的维多利亚时代情节剧◆Instead of tragedy, we got melodrama. 我们看的是情节剧，不是悲剧。🔊🔊events, behaviour, etc. which are exaggerated or extreme 戏剧性的事件（或行为等）；过于夸大的事件（或行为等）◆Her love of melodrama meant that any small problem became a crisis. 她喜欢夸大其词，会把任何小问题说成危机。🔊🔊