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agon

/ag-ohn, -on, ah-gohn/US // ˈæg oʊn, -ɒn, ɑˈgoʊn //UK // (ˈæɡəʊn, -ɡɒn) //

激动人心,躁动,激动人心的时刻,激动

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·go·nes [uh-goh-neez]. /əˈgoʊ niz/.

    • : a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
    • : Greek. a formalized debate or argumentation, especially in comedy: usually following the proagon and preceding the parabasis.
    • : Literature. conflict, especially between the protagonist and the antagonist.

Examples

  • Furthermore, this agon happens between the poems or plays or novels themselves, and not between the writers.

  • The Greek word agon is the root of our words “antagonist” and “agony.”

  • Agon is still the ordinary Russian word for fire, the equivalent of the Latin ignis.

  • Agon saw this and hesitated, and then for the first time Nyleptha spoke in her soft sweet voice.

  • Preceding her was Agon, the High Priest, arrayed in his most gorgeous vestments, and on either side were other priests.

  • After our escape from Agon and his pious crew we returned to our quarters in the palace and had a very good time.

  • Then the High Priest Agon turned, and his face was as the face of a devil.

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