参考词典中grievous的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 痛苦的,严重的,充满悲伤的
词形变化
- 名 词:griev'ous·ness副 词:griev'ous·ly
常用短语
英英解释
4个形容词解释
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
[同] dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe
[例]- 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
- causing or marked by grief or anguish
[同] grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending
[例]- a grievous loss
- a grievous cry
- her sigh was heartbreaking
- the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
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- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
[同] grave, grievous, heavy, weighty
[例]- 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
- shockingly brutal or cruel
[同] flagitious, grievous, heinous, atrocious, monstrous
[例]- murder is an atrocious crime
- a grievous offense against morality
- a grievous crime
- no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
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