The drama part goes back to Greek and means “action” so that a melodrama when it appeared 200 years ago in English was a play with music.
因此200年以前英国出现的melodrama就是一种音乐舞台剧。
But non-hip people wouldn’t have heard of it and so when it appeared the following year in the Saturday Evening Post it was couched in an explanatory tone.
但是没听过那类音乐的人也就没听过这个词，于是第二年它在《星期六晚邮报》上露面时，经过了一番阐释。
One of his longer poetic pieces was much appreciated when it appeared in the Bangadarsan, and I have heard his songs sung by many who knew nothing at all about their composer.
他其中创作的一首较长的诗歌在《班格达森》（音译——译注）上发表后，获得非常好的评价，我听到过这首歌被许多人演唱过，而演唱这些歌的人对词的作者却一无所知。
It began as an insurrection against Algeria's secular military rulers after they canceled parliament elections in 1992, when it appeared a coalition of Islamist groups might take power.
VOA: standard.2009.12.09
The country has been plagued by unrest since 1992, when parliamentary elections were canceled as it appeared a coalition of Islamist groups might take power.
VOA: standard.2009.04.10
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