名 theatrical work，drama，a surname，play；形 （猛烈） acute，severe，intense ；

[例句] 在剧院里，他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。 Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.

[例句] 乔恩主演剧中最引人入胜的剧集之一。 Jon featured in one of the show's most thrilling episodes.

rapid，sharp，sudden ；

[例句] 在东京市场早市开盘时，美元对日元的比价急剧下跌。 In early trading in Tokyo, the dollar fell sharply against the yen.

[例句] 这部影片的票房收入开始的时候持续上涨，但是后来急剧下降。 The film opened to healthy box office receipts before rapidly falling off.

drama，play，script，scenario，first-nighter ；

[例句] 正如1892年剧本的副标题所强调的，《凯瑟琳》是一部“爱尔兰戏剧”。 "Kathleen" was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, "An Irish Drama".

[例句] 为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？ Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?

opera，opern ；

[例句] 年轻的指挥家们在小乐队或小歌剧院里崭露头角。 Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.

[例句] 这部歌剧不及他晚期作品娴熟。 The opera lacks the polish of his later work.

violent，acute，severe，fierce，acuity ；

[例句] 电梯开动了，接着剧烈震颤起来，然后就毫无反应了。 The lift started off, juddered, and went out of action.

[例句] 他突然感到腹部一阵剧烈疼痛。 He was struck by a stabbing pain in his midriff.

theatre，house，odeum，playhouse，theater ；

[例句] 皇家剧院是英国最古老的剧场之一。 The Theatre Royal is one of the oldest playhouses in Britain.

[例句] 剧场里顿时泛起一片疑惧。 A frisson of appre-hension rippled round the theatre.

（戏弄人、使人难堪的动作） practical joke，prank，mischief，play a prank [rag，gambade；

[例句] 全校对这场疯狂的恶作剧的全部细节知道得一清二楚. The whole school knew every detail of this made escapade.

[例句] 爱玩闹的学生们举行聚会,制造各种恶作剧来庆祝毕业. Frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes.

drama，play，script，（电影） scenario，play book ；

[例句] 正如1892年剧本的副标题所强调的，《凯瑟琳》是一部“爱尔兰戏剧”。 "Kathleen" was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, "An Irish Drama".

[例句] 在许多方面，安妮塔·卢斯看着都不像是从事剧本创作这一行的。 Anita Loos was in many respects untypical of the screenwriting trade.

sharp pain，baryodynia，anguish，tortua，pang ；

[例句] 我感觉到后腰一阵剧痛。 I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.

[例句] 一阵剧痛把他的思绪拉回到了现在。 A spasm of pain brought his thoughts back to the present.

tragedy，tragic drama，（不幸的遭遇） sad event，buskin，cothurnus ；

[例句] 她太累了，而且无比悲伤，没法谈论那场悲剧。 She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy.

[例句] 那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。 All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.

comedy，[电影]Comedy；

[例句] 演员多姆·德卢西谈论自己的喜剧生涯。 Actor Dom Deluise talks about his career in comedy.

[例句] 这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。 This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.

aggravate，intensify，exacerbate，prick up ；

[例句] 专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。 Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.

[例句] 这可能会加剧爆发核战争的危险。 This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.

farce，laughy，slapstick ；

[例句] 那段录像里是7分钟极尽夸张搞笑的闹剧表演。 The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.

[例句] 这很可能会演变成媒体的一场闹剧。 It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.

tragic event，tragedy，calamity，tragic ；

[例句] 她需要借助医学治疗和心理咨询来克服惨剧带来的影响。 She will need medical help and counselling to overcome the tragedy.

[例句] 泳队的队员为了阻止惨剧延续,开始了壮烈的战斗. The swimming team the challenge to and begins the fierce battle.

dumb show，pantomime，mummery，mime，puppetry ；

[例句] 他能表演好几种令人惊叹的把戏，包括哑剧和玩杂耍。 He can perform an astonishing variety of acts, including mime and juggling.

[例句] 演出包括舞蹈、音乐和哑剧。 The performance consisted of dance, music and mime.

theatrical company，opera troupe，troupe ；

[例句] 这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。 The company put on a play about the homeless.

[例句] 她现年87岁，曾经是齐格菲尔时事讽刺剧团的成员之一。 She's 87 years old, and a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies.

stage photo，still ；

[例句] 请帮我把这部新影片的剧照贴上. Please help me to stick the stills from a new film.

[例句] 电影的宣传手段总是包括电影的时髦用语, 预告片, 海报,以及剧照. Ways of film promotion always include taglines , trailers, posters and photo gallery.

（创作剧本） write a play, scenario, etc.，playwright，screenwriter，scenarist ；

[例句] 编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。 The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

[例句] 他划掉了“编剧”二字，改为“作者”。 He crossed out "Screenplay" and put "Written by" instead.

farce，opera bouffe，exode，mime ；

[例句] 我喜欢笑剧而不喜欢悲剧. I prefer farce to tragedy.

[例句] 京剧的曲目包括历史剧 、 喜剧 、 悲剧和笑剧. Its repertoire includes historical plays, comedies, tragedies and farces.

farce ；

[例句] 我们学校编排的戏剧倾向于喜剧和滑稽剧. Our school dramas tend towards comedy and farce.

[例句] 这时, 他发展了一种新的单人滑稽剧,在几个卡巴莱作轮回演出. Now, he developed a new solo act , playing the cabaret circuit.