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单词 Chekhovian
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Definition of Chekhovian in English:

Chekhovian

adjective tʃɛˈkəʊvɪənˌtʃɛˈkoʊviən
  • Relating to or characteristic of the Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov or his works.

    a vaguely Chekhovian tale of three sisters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Deep emotion, pathos, and laughter through tears are all hallmarks of the Chekhovian oeuvre.
    • Her Chekhovian misadventure earns points for effort.
    • This last performance was hailed as one of the finest Chekhovian performances he had ever seen.
    • He became a schoolmaster until his first West End success with a Chekhovian domestic drama about an insurance salesman incapable of fulfilling his own dreams of a better life.
    • What a glorious film it is, Chekhovian in its wit and melancholy.
    • His fiction aspired to, and often achieved, a Chekhovian mixture of comic concision and pathos.
    • She has been called Chekhovian in that she writes the comedy of ironic twists and hidden intentions.
    • There are Chekhovian echoes in its depiction of a way of life about to pass into oblivion.

Rhymes

Harrovian, Jovian, Pavlovian

Definition of Chekhovian in US English:

Chekhovian

adjectiveˌtʃɛˈkoʊviənˌCHeˈkōvēən
  • Relating to or characteristic of the Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov or his works.

    a vaguely Chekhovian tale of three sisters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are Chekhovian echoes in its depiction of a way of life about to pass into oblivion.
    • This last performance was hailed as one of the finest Chekhovian performances he had ever seen.
    • His fiction aspired to, and often achieved, a Chekhovian mixture of comic concision and pathos.
    • What a glorious film it is, Chekhovian in its wit and melancholy.
    • Her Chekhovian misadventure earns points for effort.
    • Deep emotion, pathos, and laughter through tears are all hallmarks of the Chekhovian oeuvre.
    • She has been called Chekhovian in that she writes the comedy of ironic twists and hidden intentions.
    • He became a schoolmaster until his first West End success with a Chekhovian domestic drama about an insurance salesman incapable of fulfilling his own dreams of a better life.
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