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melodrama

noun
🔊/ˈmelədrɑːmə/
🔊/ˈmelədrɑːmə/
 [uncountable, countable]
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  1. a story, play or novel that is full of exciting events and in which the characters and emotions seem too exaggerated to be real情节剧；通俗剧；情节剧式故事（或小说）
    • a gripping Victorian melodrama动人心弦的维多利亚时代情节剧
    • Instead of tragedy, we got melodrama.我们看的是情节剧，不是悲剧。🔊🔊
    Topics Literature and writingc2, Film and theatrec2
  2. events, behaviour, etc. that are exaggerated or extreme戏剧性的事件（或行为等）；过于夸大的事件（或行为等）
    • Her love of melodrama meant that any small problem became a crisis.她喜欢夸大其词，会把任何小问题说成危机。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos ‘music’ + French drame ‘drama’.