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grievous

英['ɡriːvəs] 美['ɡriːvəs]
  • adj. 痛苦的;严重的;充满悲伤的
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Adjective:
  1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

    "a dangerous operation"
    "a grave situation"
    "a grave illness"
    "grievous bodily harm"
    "a serious wound"
    "a serious turn of events"
    "a severe case of pneumonia"
    "a life-threatening disease"

  2. causing or marked by grief or anguish;

    "a grievous loss"
    "a grievous cry"
    "her sigh was heartbreaking"
    "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"

  3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;

    "grave responsibilities"
    "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"
    "a grievous fault"
    "heavy matters of state"
    "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"

  4. shockingly brutal or cruel;

    "murder is an atrocious crime"
    "a grievous offense against morality"
    "a grievous crime"
    "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

双语例句

1. Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
莫里斯先生说遇难者因为一个极其严重的失误而遭遇不幸。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries.
失去它们将会是对我们工程行业的一个沉重打击。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
他们两人都被判造成他人严重人身伤害的罪名成立。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
他曾遭受极不公正的待遇。

来自《权威词典》

5. He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.
他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind.
      摆在我们面前的,是一场极为痛苦的严峻考验。
    2. THE opposition in Zimbabwe suffered another grievous blow this week.
      津巴布韦的反对派本周受到了痛苦的打击。
    3. She has made a grievous mistake.
      她犯了一个极严重的错误。
    4. Maybe public pressure can force the Florida authorities to right a grievous wrong.
      也许公众的压力可以迫使佛罗里达当局纠正这个严重的错误。

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