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单词 grieve
释义 grieve
I. \ˈgrēv\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English greif, greff, from Old English (Northumbrian) grœ̅fa; akin to Old English gerēfa reeve — more at reeve
1.
 a. archaic : governor, sheriff
 b. dialect England : grave III
2. chiefly Scotland : a farm manager, steward, or overseer
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English greven, from Old French grever, from Latin gravare to burden, oppress, from gravis heavy, grave; akin to Gothic kaurjos (nominative plural) heavy, kaurjan to weigh upon, Greek barys heavy, baros weight, Sanskrit guru heavy, important
transitive verb
1. archaic : to injure, harm, or hurt especially with disease
2. : to occasion grief to : cause to suffer : try, distress
 < the children's conduct grieved their grandmother >
3. : to feel or show grief over
4. obsolete
 a. : provoke, anger, enrage
 b. : to weigh or press heavily upon
intransitive verb
1. : to feel grief : be in pain of mind on account of an evil : sorrow, mourn — often used with at, for, or over
 < grieving over their mother's death >
 < must not grieve at such trifles >
2. : to enter a grievance
Synonyms:
 mourn, sorrow: grieve may suggest lasting mental suffering, manifested or not, often with a tendency to concentrate on one's loss or distress
  < he grieved, like an honest lad, to see his comrade left to face calamity alone — George Meredith >
  < last winter she died also, and my days are passed in work, lest I should grieve for her — Amy Lowell >
  mourn may more strongly imply demonstration of grief, often a deep grief, as at a bereavement
  < national mourning for a dead sovereign >
  < his widow … mourned him — C.B.Flood >
  sorrow may indicate deep distress tinged with regret and sadness
  < I feel it when I sorrow most: 'tis better to have loved and lost — Alfred Tennyson >
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