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单词 grievous
释义
grievous
(grvəs )
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something such as a loss as grievous, you mean that it is extremely serious or worrying in its effects.
Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries.
Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
Synonyms: deplorable, shocking, appalling, dreadful  
grievously adverb [ADVERB with verb]
Birds, sea-life and the coastline all suffered grievously.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A grievous injury to your body is one that causes you great pain and suffering.
He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.
Synonyms: severe, damaging, heavy, wounding  
grievously adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]
The world champion driver was grievously injured.
Collocations:
grievous blow
Her death in January was a grievous blow.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Either way, it is a grievous blow to the most pleasant and popular of jockeys.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Next January 26 will see another grievous blow.
The Sun (2013)
His death was a grievous blow to the world's respect for Marxist art and literature.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
grievous injury
They were organised 'ultras' whose sole aim was to start riots and cause grievous injury.
The Sun
I don't diminish what was done last weekend, by me or anyone but those whose most grievous injury was phone-related, but you know what?
Globe and Mail
At times, the officer's work caused them grievous injury and a subsequent commendation from their department.
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His life was undoubtedly affected by the grievous injuries he had sustained in a road accident as an undergraduate.
Times, Sunday Times
More grievous injuries require visiting a street-side doctor or use of medicine (which can be purchased from doctors or found on bodies).
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grievous loss
To most other people it will seem like a grievous loss - always assuming that the attributions and de-attributions are justified.
The Times Literary Supplement
This certainly was a grievous loss to him.
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At 1100 hours the landing craft began to arrive, taking grievous losses on the approach into the beach.
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grievous mistake
In using such a blunt, discriminatory instrument, the authorities have made a grievous mistake.
Times,Sunday Times
It takes only a grain of history to understand why losing the survey would be a grievous mistake.
Times, Sunday Times
I now realise that was a grievous mistake.
Times, Sunday Times
The financial crisis was born in grievous mistakes committed by the private sector.
Times, Sunday Times
The decision heightens the risk that we will repeat the grievous mistakes of the past.
Times, Sunday Times
grievous wounds
But many, many more are paying a devastating price in lost limbs and grievous wounds.
The Sun
We were a little uncertain what movements we would see from an animal that had some pretty grievous wounds, but she was quite mobile and resilient.
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Falcons are able to heal grievous wounds, be they internal or external.
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In a final act of bravery, he crawled to the side of a wounded comrade and administered first aid before succumbing to his grievous wounds.
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As long as they have a supply of blood, they can heal grievous wounds, including massive brain injuries, in seconds.
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Translations:
Chinese: 极其严重的
Japanese: 深刻な
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