英语词汇“grievous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grievous

/ˈɡriːvəs

adjective formal

(Of something bad) very severe or serious: his death was a grievous blow the American fleet suffered grievous losses...

‘This shocking incident was a terrible loss for the British Army, and struck a grievous blow to the families of the six soldiers,’ he added.
The loss of either deputy would be a grievous blow to Quinn.
GAA President Sean Kelly described his death as a ‘massive and grievous loss to a great sporting family’.

Synonyms

serious, severe, grave, bad, critical, dreadful, terrible, awful;

painful, agonizing, hurtful, afflicting, wounding, damaging, injurious;

sharp, acute;

Medicine peracute

disastrous, calamitous;

crushing, distressing, traumatic, harrowing;

sorrowful, mournful, sad

heinous, grave, deplorable, shocking, appalling, atrocious, gross, dire, outrageous, dreadful, egregious, iniquitous, nefarious, shameful, lamentable;

flagrant, glaring

rare flagitious

Usage

Grievous ends with -ous and has two syllables: it should not be pronounced as if it ended -ious and had an extra syllable.

Derivatives

grievousness

noun ...

In other words the PTAs need not use their discretion to decide on the grievousness of the complaint.
The first two factors are the grievousness of the acts and the degree of malicious intent.
With the available data, the grievousness of the condition of the dugong population in the country was evident.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French greveus, from grever (see grieve¹).

单词	grievous
释义	grievous /ˈɡriːvəs / adjective formal (Of something bad) very severe or serious: his death was a grievous blow the American fleet suffered grievous losses... ‘This shocking incident was a terrible loss for the British Army, and struck a grievous blow to the families of the six soldiers,’ he added. The loss of either deputy would be a grievous blow to Quinn. GAA President Sean Kelly described his death as a ‘massive and grievous loss to a great sporting family’. Synonyms serious, severe, grave, bad, critical, dreadful, terrible, awful; painful, agonizing, hurtful, afflicting, wounding, damaging, injurious; sharp, acute; Medicine peracute disastrous, calamitous; crushing, distressing, traumatic, harrowing; sorrowful, mournful, sad heinous, grave, deplorable, shocking, appalling, atrocious, gross, dire, outrageous, dreadful, egregious, iniquitous, nefarious, shameful, lamentable; flagrant, glaring rare flagitious Usage Grievous ends with -ous and has two syllables: it should not be pronounced as if it ended -ious and had an extra syllable. Derivatives grievousness noun ... In other words the PTAs need not use their discretion to decide on the grievousness of the complaint. The first two factors are the grievousness of the acts and the degree of malicious intent. With the available data, the grievousness of the condition of the dugong population in the country was evident. Origin Middle English: from Old French greveus, from grever (see grieve¹).
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