...the tragedy which had shattered his life.是什么意思？

...the tragedy which had shattered his life.

给他的生活造成重创的悲剧

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

tragedy

n. 悲剧，惨剧，悲剧文学，悲剧理论，悲剧表演艺术，悲剧式作品；

例句
Shakespeare has accustomed us to a mixture of humor and tragedy in the same play.
莎士比亚让我们习见了同一场戏目中的悲喜交错。

which

pron. 哪一个，哪一些，哪个，那，指前面提到的事物；adj. 哪一个，哪一些；

例句
...the latest date at which a foetus can be aborted.
能够打胎的最迟日期

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

shattered

adj. 破碎的，极度疲劳的；v. 打碎，破坏，损坏，使心烦意乱(shatter的过去分词)；

例句
He talked about the country's ephemeral unity being shattered by the defeat...
他谈到战败使得该国短暂的统一彻底破灭。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

life

n. 生活，生计，生命，性命，一生，寿命，人生，尘世；

例句
In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
他晚年变得愈加健忘了。