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Grief Informal ɡriːf Good Noun Sb Feeling Extreme

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/gri͟ːf/
1
[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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悲痛(72%),忧伤(28%)
n.悲痛;忧伤;不幸

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