epitaph

epi-, 在上，在中。-taph, 墓碑，词源同cenotaph.

epitaph

epitaph: [14] Greek táphos meant ‘tomb’, and so an oration that was epitáphios (an adjective formed with the prefix epí- ‘over’) was given ‘over the tomb’. Eventually the adjective was made into a noun, epitáphion, and this reached English via Latin epitaphium and Old French epitaphe.

epitaph (n.)

"inscription on a tomb or monument," mid-14c., from Old French epitaphe (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin epitaphium "funeral oration, eulogy," from Greek epitaphion "a funeral oration," noun use of neuter of epitaphios (logos) "(words) spoken on the occasion of a funeral," from epi "at, over" (see epi-) + taphos "tomb, funeral rites," from PIE root *dhembh- "to bury." Related: Epitaphial. Among the Old English equivalents was byrgelsleoð.

1. As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.

众所周知，雷恩的墓志铭中写道，大教堂本身就是他的纪念碑。

2. These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s.

这些贫民窟是20世纪60年代住房政策的遗迹。

3. He wanted these lines as his epitaph.

他想把这些文字作为他的墓志铭.

4. She wrote the perfect epitaph for the poet.

她为诗人写了完美的悼辞.

5. His epitaph should be: He did us good.

他的墓志铭应当是: 他为我们做了好事.