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单词 grievous
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grievous

adjective
/ˈɡriːvəs/
/ˈɡriːvəs/
(formal)
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  1. very serious and often causing great pain or difficulty
    • He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGrievous is used with these nouns:
    • error
    • sin
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French greveus, from grever ‘burden, encumber’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’.
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