grievous

grievous音标

英 [ˈgri:vəs]

美 [ˈɡrivəs]

grievous基本释义

adj.痛苦的；严重的；充满悲伤的

grievous用法及例句

grievous的解释

adj

1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

e.g. a dangerous operationa grave situationa grave illnessgrievous bodily harma serious wounda serious turn of eventsa severe case of pneumoniaa life-threatening disease

Synonym: dangerousgraveseriousseverelife-threatening

2. shockingly brutal or cruel

e.g. murder is an atrocious crimea grievous offense against moralitya grievous crimeno excess was too monstrous for them to commit

Synonym: atrociousflagitiousmonstrous

3. of great gravity or crucial importrequiring serious thought

e.g. grave responsibilitiesfaced a grave decision in a time of crisisa grievous faultheavy matters of statethe weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference

Synonym: graveheavyweighty

4. causing or marked by grief or anguish

e.g. a grievous lossa grievous cryher sigh was heartbreakingthe heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter

Synonym: heartbreakingheartrending

1. 极其严重的；令人担忧的If you describe something such as a loss as grievous, you mean that it is extremely serious or worrying in its effects.

e.g. 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。e.g. 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。

grievouslyBirds, sea-life and the coastline all suffered grievously.鸟类、海洋生物及沿海生物均受到严重影响。

2. 剧烈的；极痛苦的；疼痛难耐的A grievous injury to your body is one that causes you great pain and suffering.

e.g. He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.尽管身受重伤，他还是活下来了。

grievouslyNelson Piquet, three times world champion, was grievously injured.三度获得世界冠*的尼尔森·皮奎特受了重伤。

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1. 悲切切：boiling hot 热腾腾 | grievous 悲切切 | an obscene picture 春宫

2. 痛苦的：grieve 悲痛 | grievous 痛苦的 | griffe 黑白混血儿

3. 悲伤的：grieve 伤心 | grievous 悲伤的 | grim 冷酷的

4. 令人悲痛的,极严重的;难忍受的：glum []闷闷不乐的;忧郁的 | grievous []令人悲痛的,极严重的;难忍受的 | melancholy []忧郁的,郁闷的

The High Commission..the most grievous of the many grievances under which the nation laboured.

出自：Ld Macaulay

近义词

反义词

临近词

funereal适合葬礼的

terrible可怕的

heartbreaking令人心碎的

heartrending令人心碎的

flagitious穷凶极恶的

awful糟糕的

critical批评的

life-threatening威胁生命的

shameful可耻或丢脸的...

sorrowful悲伤的

significant重要的

serious严肃的

atrocious残暴的

grave坟墓

disastrous灾难性的

frightful可怕的

tragic悲剧的

wretched可怜的

afflictive给人痛苦的

dreadful可怕的

dangerous危险的

alarming惊人的

deplorable应受谴责的

contemptible可鄙的

sad悲哀的

painful痛苦的

weighty重要的

monstrous怪异的

mortal致命的

outrageous过分的

heavy大(量)的

severe严厉的

venial可原谅的

grievous negligence

grievous harm

grievous pain

grievous news

grievous crime

grievous injury

grievous bodily harm

grieve

grievous wounding

grievous faulty

grievous fault

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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的考验。)

Last but not least, the destruction of fake commodities means a grievous waste of the nation's resources.(*后但同样重要的是，销毁假冒商品意味着对国家资源的严重浪费。)

This decision was a grievous one.(这是一个使人痛心的决定。)

I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner.(我见日光之下，有一宗大祸患：就是财主积存资财，反害自己。)

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。)

He and his colleagues have said and done all the right things, avoiding the grievous mistakes of Iraq.(他和他的同僚们已经说了所有该说的话，做了所有该做的事，避免了重蹈伊拉克的覆辙。)

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

It is a grievous affair to my poor girls, you must confess.(你得承认，这对于我可怜的女儿们真是件不幸的事。)

The invasion of Iraq, he says, was a grievous self-inflicted wound.(他将入侵伊拉克形容为令人痛心的自戕之举。)

Then the Lord said, "the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous."(耶和华说：“所多玛和蛾摩拉的罪恶甚重，声闻于我。”)