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Grief Informal ɡriːf Good Noun Sb Feeling Extreme

"Grief" is a feeling of extreme sadness, often associated with loss or death. The phrase "come to grief" means to fail or suffer misfortune, while "good grief" is an exclamation of surprise or shock.

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/gri͟ːf/
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[N-VAR 可变名词]悲伤;悲痛 Grief is a feeling of extreme sadness.
  • ...a huge outpouring of national grief for the victims of the shootings...

    举国上下对枪击事件中的遇害者所表现出的万分悲痛之情

  • Their grief soon gave way to anger.

    他们的悲痛迅速转化为愤怒。

2
[PHRASE 短语](事情)失败;(人)受挫,遭到不幸 If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.
  [V inflects]
  • 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。

  • He was driving a Mercedes racer at 100 mph and almost came to grief.

    他当时驾驶着一辆梅塞德斯赛车以每小时100英里时速度飞驰,险些出事。

3
[EXCLAM 感叹语](表示惊奇或震惊)哎呀,天哪 Some people say 'Good grief' when they are surprised or shocked.
  [feelings]
  • '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!”


Oxford grief / ɡriːf ; NAmE ɡriːf / noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] grief(over/at sth) a feeling of great sadness, especially when sb dies (尤指因某人去世引起的)悲伤,悲痛,伤心 She was overcome with grief when her husband died. 丈夫去世时她悲痛欲绝。 They were able to share their common joys and griefs. 他们做到了同甘共苦。 2 [countable ,  usually singular ] something that causes great sadness 伤心事;悲痛事 It was a grief to them that they had no children. 没有孩子是他们的一块心病。 3 [uncountable ] ( informal) problems and worry 担心;忧虑 He caused his parents a lot of grief. 他没少让父母操心。 IDIOMS come to ˈgrief ( informal) 1 to end in total failure 以彻底失败而告终;惨遭失败 2 to be harmed in an accident 受伤;遭到不幸;出事故 Several pedestrians came to grief on the icy pavement. 好几个人都在结了冰的人行道上摔伤了。 give sb ˈgrief (about/over sth) ( informal) to be annoyed with sb and criticize their behaviour 对某人很生气(或烦恼);指责某人 good ˈgrief! ( informal) used to express surprise or shock (表示惊奇或震惊)哎呀,天哪 Good grief! What a mess! 天哪!好乱哟! grief griefs grief / ɡriːf ; NAmE ɡriːf /
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griefgrief /ɡriːf/ ●●○ noun
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1[uncountable] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has diedgrief over/at The grief she felt over Helen’s death was almost unbearable.with grief Charles was overcome with grief.2[countable] something that makes you feel extremely sad:  Every change in our lives brings with it griefs.3good grief! spoken used when you are slightly surprised or annoyed:  Good grief! What a mess!4come to grief to fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident:  candidates who come to grief in exams5give somebody grief informal to criticize someone in an annoying way6[uncountable] informal trouble or problems:  You’ll save yourself a lot of grief if you check the measurements first.
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Spoken:

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悲痛(72%),忧伤(28%)
n.悲痛;忧伤;不幸

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