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

Grief means intense sorrow. You feel grief if something terribly sad happens, like if your dog dies or if your childhood sweetheart breaks up with you.

The word grief comes from the Latin word gravare, which means to make heavy. Gravare itself comes from the Latin word gravis, which means weighty. So think of grief as a heavy, oppressive sadness. We associate it most often with mourning a loved one's death, but it can follow any kind of loss.

WORD FAMILY

grief: griefs

USAGE EXAMPLES

“Arrival” handles that grief differently, ultimately arguing that there is a humanity in sadness.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017)

In a period of indescribable grief, Mr Scully-Sloan felt alone.

BBC(Dec 31, 2016)

It started as a spontaneous and very real outpouring of shock and grief over the killing.

BBC(Dec 31, 2016)

1n intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

brokenheartedness, heartache, heartbreak

dolor, dolour

(poetry) painful grief

sorrow

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

2n something that causes great unhappiness

her death was a great grief to John

Syn|Hyper

sorrow

negative stimulus

a stimulus with undesirable consequences

单词	grief
释义	grief (once / 128 pages) n Grief means intense sorrow. You feel grief if something terribly sad happens, like if your dog dies or if your childhood sweetheart breaks up with you. The word grief comes from the Latin word gravare, which means to make heavy. Gravare itself comes from the Latin word gravis, which means weighty. So think of grief as a heavy, oppressive sadness. We associate it most often with mourning a loved one's death, but it can follow any kind of loss. WORD FAMILY grief: griefs USAGE EXAMPLES “Arrival” handles that grief differently, ultimately arguing that there is a humanity in sadness. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) In a period of indescribable grief, Mr Scully-Sloan felt alone. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) It started as a spontaneous and very real outpouring of shock and grief over the killing. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) 1n intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper brokenheartedness, heartache, heartbreak dolor, dolour (poetry) painful grief sorrow an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement 2n something that causes great unhappiness her death was a great grief to John Syn\|Hyper sorrow negative stimulus a stimulus with undesirable consequences
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