tragic flaw

悲剧性的缺陷,悲剧性的缺点,悲剧性缺陷,悲剧性的缺憾

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Literature.
- : the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.

nouncharacter flaw

Synonyms

Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it.
Your death is a tragic bookend to a year touted as the “transgender tipping point.”
An F-35 was destroyed on takeoff earlier in the year when a design flaw in its Pratt & Whitney F135 engine sparked a fire.
Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences.
There are plenty of tragic and inspiring choices, but the most obvious legacy Castro will leave behind is the broken family.
Sometimes it comes in literal sobriety, sometimes in derisive travesti, sometimes in tragic aggravation.
The landlady had related the tragic history of the dead mother and the invalid aunt.
The sharpened faculties have something of a lawyer's quickness in detecting a flaw in the indictment.
The tall policeman was an artist at the work; but it nearly brought him to a tragic end, as I will relate.
He remembered Tony's words later: that another actor was expected with whose entry the piece would turn more real—turn tragic.