grievous

英 [ˈɡriːvəs]

美 [ˈɡriːvəs]

adj.  极严重的; 使人痛苦的; 令人伤心的

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.12230 / COCA.20105

牛津词典

adj.

• 极严重的；使人痛苦的；令人伤心的
  very serious and often causing great pain or suffering
  1. He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
     他曾遭受极不公正的待遇。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 极其严重的；令人担忧的
  If you describe something such as a loss asgrievous, you mean that it is extremely serious or worrying in its effects.
  1. Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries...
     失去它们将会是对我们工程行业的一个沉重打击。
  2. Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
     莫里斯先生说遇难者因为一个极其严重的失误而遭遇不幸。
• ADJ-GRADED 剧烈的；极痛苦的；疼痛难耐的
  Agrievousinjury to your body is one that causes you great pain and suffering.
  1. He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.
     尽管身受重伤，他还是活下来了。

英英释义

adj

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
  1. a dangerous operation
  2. a grave situation
  3. a grave illness
  4. grievous bodily harm
  5. a serious wound
  6. a serious turn of events
  7. a severe case of pneumonia
  8. a life-threatening disease
  Synonym:dangerousgraveseriousseverelife-threatening
• shockingly brutal or cruel
  1. murder is an atrocious crime
  2. a grievous offense against morality
  3. a grievous crime
  4. no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
  Synonym:atrociousflagitiousmonstrous
• of great gravity or crucial import
  1. grave responsibilities
  2. faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
  3. a grievous fault
  4. heavy matters of state
  5. the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
  Synonym:graveheavyweighty
• causing or marked by grief or anguish
  1. a grievous loss
  2. a grievous cry
  3. her sigh was heartbreaking
  4. the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
  Synonym:heartbreakingheartrending

双语例句

• M: To take appearance for reality is a grievous sin and the cause of all calamities.
  将现象当成实相是一种严重的错失以及一切灾难的原因。
• Persecuting quake victims and their relatives adds cruel insult to already grievous injury.
  迫害地震的受害者和他们的亲属只会在他们深深的伤口上再撒上一把盐。
• They were each sentenced to one year's imprisonment for incitement to commit grievous bodily harm.
  他们因煽动严重的人身伤害而各被判入狱1年。
• But she denied intending to infect anyone, as she stood trial for grievous bodily harm.
  她因被控对他人进行严重的人身伤害而受审，但否认故意传染艾滋病病毒。
• It is a grievous affair to my poor girls, you must confess.
  你得承认，这对于我可怜的女儿们真是件不幸的事。
• Fecklessness may be a grievous fault, but grievously have the Greeks answered it.
  无能也许是一个严重的过错，但希腊人已经做出了惨烈的应对。
• The market is a ruthless place where people sustain grievous injuries.
  市场是个无情的地方，在这里人们要忍受严重的伤害。
• I take it General Grievous has been destroyed then.
  我听说格里弗斯将军已经被消灭了。
• This would be a profound tragedy, far more grievous than the tragedy of Vietnam itself.
  这当然会是一个深刻的悲剧，远比越南悲剧本身更加令人发愁。
• This is a method to restrain excessive anger by making use of grievous factors.
  这是一种利用使人悲伤的事物抑制过度愤怒的方法。