词语释义

英 [griːf] 美 [ɡrif]

n. 悲痛；忧伤；不幸

单词分析：这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。
agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。

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英英释义

Noun:

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

something that causes great unhappiness;"her death was a great grief to John"

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单词词源

中文词源

grief 悲痛

来自拉丁语gravis, 重的，沉重，词源同grave, gravity.

英语词源

grief

grief: [13] ‘Oppressiveness’ is the link between modern English grief and Latin gravis (source of English gravity). The Latin adjective meant ‘heavy, weighty’, and it formed the basis of a verb gravāre ‘weigh upon, oppress’. This passed into Old French as grever ‘cause to suffer, harrass’ (source of English grieve [13]), from which was derived the noun grief or gref ‘suffering, hardship’. Its modern sense, ‘feeling caused by such trouble or hardship, sorrow’, developed in the 14th century.
=> grave, gravity, grieve

grief (n.)

early 13c., "hardship, suffering, pain, bodily affliction," from Old French grief "wrong, grievance, injustice, misfortune, calamity" (13c.), from grever "afflict, burden, oppress," from Latin gravare "make heavy; cause grief," from gravis "weighty" (see grave (adj.)). Meaning "mental pain, sorrow" is from c. 1300. Good grief as an exclamation of surprise, dismay, etc., is from 1912.

词态变化

复数 griefs;

权威造句

1. "He's been arrested for theft and burglary." — "Good grief!"

“他因为偷窃和入室盗窃而被逮捕了。”——“我的天哪！”

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2. There was no grief in his expression, only deep resignation.

他的表情里没有悲痛，只有深深的无奈。

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3. We all felt as if we were intruding on his private grief.

我们都觉得似乎触及到了他内心的伤痛。

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4. Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood.

守寡的打击和悲伤让人难以承受。

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5. So many marriages have come to grief over lack of money.

许多婚姻都因缺钱而以失败告终。

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近反义词

hardship

heartbreak

sadness

sorrow

相似短语

in grief 悲痛

livery of grief 丧服

good grief 唉呀,天啊!

grief stem 方钻杆

be torn with grief 悲痛欲绝

come to grief 受挫,失败;倒霉,吃苦头

the livery of grief n.丧服

grief therapy 节哀治疗

turn grief into strength 化悲痛为力量

without cause for grief 无忧