grief
英 [griːf]
美 [ɡrif]
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grief 悲痛来自拉丁语gravis, 重的，沉重，词源同grave, gravity.
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- 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.
- 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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