can you help me about the meaning of the sentence
【the shooting is an absolute tragedy,i think everyone agrees.】what does this sentence mean? it means the answer/opinion is 100% right and everyone agrees with the opinion? is that right? and I dont know why we can use the word "tragedy"here? cuz i thought ' A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation. '

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can you help me about the meaning of the sentence 
【the shooting is an absolute tragedy,i think everyone agrees.】what does this sentence mean? it means the answer/opinion is 100% right and everyone agrees with the opinion? is that right? and I dont know why we can use the word "tragedy"here? cuz i thought ' A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation. '

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Are you referring to the latest shooting of children in a primary school in America.? Any shooting is a tragedy therefore an extremely sad event or situation. Who would disagree?

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'Absolute' means not able to be viewed in any other way but a tragedy.  There is no way to soften it or relate it to something else.

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[The shooting is a tragedy.] The shooting was very sad.

[Everyone agrees the shooting is a tragedy.] 每个人都认为 the shooting was very sad.

每个人都认为这是一个悲剧 (I think this is how it might be said).

I think everyone agrees the shooting is a tragedy.

[I think][everyone agrees][the shooting is a tragedy].

The shooting is a tragedy, I think everyone agrees.

So your friend is saying that he believes the event was a tragedy, and he believes everyone agrees with that opinion that it was a tragedy.

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