Grievous
['griːvəs] or ['ɡrivəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) causing or marked by grief or anguish; 'a grievous loss'; 'a grievous cry'; 'her sigh was heartbreaking'; 'the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter' .
錄入:斯蒂芬妮--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
(a.) Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
(a.) Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
校對:凯特
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Distressing, afflictive, afflicting, painful, sad, deplorable, lamentable, hard to bear.[2]. Hurtful, injurious, baneful, noxious, mischievous, detrimental, destructive, calamitous.[3]. Atrocious, heinous, flagitious.
校對:莎娜
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Sad, heavy, afflictive, lamentable, deplorable, sorrowful, painful, burdensome,calamitous, baleful, hurtful, disastrous, unhappy
ANT:Joyous, delightful, pleasant, glad, consolatory, grateful, welcome, acceptable,trifling, light, trivial
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例句/造句/用法:
- During the intervals of pain from this grievous disease, he spent many cheerful hours, conversing in the most agreeable and instructive manner. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The common rule requires submission; and it is only in cases of grievous tyranny and oppression, that the exception can take place. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I hope, from the bottom of my heart, he won't keep her waiting much longer, for it is quite grievous to see her look so ill and forlorn. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- A new and most unpleasant system of menace had begun, and the intent appeared to be to do him grievous bodily harm. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Mine's a grievous case, an' I want—if yo will be so good—t' know the law that helps me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It has not so many grievous discrepancies. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- These are grievous times; I see suffering wherever I turn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I am afraid the baronet, whose name you are unwilling to mention to me, has done you some grievous wrong? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- To be in doubt, in so mighty a matter as this--to be uncertain which one to adore--was a grievous misfortune. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- While the possession of this country was highly advantageous to France, it was a grievous inconvenience to the inhabitants of the British colonies. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- When I am immediately threatened with any grievous ill, my fears, apprehensions, and aversions rise to a great height, and produce a sensible emotion. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But these solemn lessons which succeeded those, I remember as the death-blow of my peace, and a grievous daily drudgery and misery. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He has been a disappointment to me, Mr. Holmes--a grievous disappointment. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- But my disappointment was grievous and unexpected. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Ah, my dear, said he, poor Miss TaylorIt is a grievous business. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- It is a grievous affair to my poor girls, you must confess. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
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