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grieve v.(使)悲痛,(使)伤心,忧伤 The most common use of grieve has to do with death: usually there are grieving family members and grieving friends, feeling sadness over the loss of a loved one. You can also grieve over a pet who died, a job you didn't get, or a favorite pair of shoes that were ruined. Usually there's some kind of loss involved, but as long as you feel extremely sad about something that's happened, you're grieving. ★☆☆☆☆ 2005.4

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[gri:v] To grieve is to feel sorrow over something, especially people who have died. Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms -- he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful. 1[VERB 动词]（尤指因某人的亡故而）悲痛，悲伤，伤心 If you grieve over something, especially someone's death, you feel very sad about it.   [V prep]  [V]  [V-ing]He's grieving over his dead wife and son...他因丧妻失子而悲痛不已。I didn't have any time to grieve...我没有时间伤心。Margery's grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss.玛格丽万分悲痛的家人努力从丧亲之痛中恢复过来。2[VERB 动词]使难过；使悲伤 If you are grieved by something, it makes you unhappy or upset.   [be V-ed by/at n]  [be V-ed to-inf]  [it V n to-inf]  [Also V n]He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people...百姓的困苦使他痛心不已。I was grieved to hear of the suicide of James...听到詹姆斯自杀的消息，我非常伤心。It grieved me to see the poor man in such distress.看见这个可怜的人如此困窘，我很难过。

英语单词	grieve
英美音标	[gri:v]
中文释义	v.(使)悲痛,(使)伤心,忧伤
vocab简明	To grieve is to feel sorrow over something, especially people who have died.
vocab扩展	The most common use of grieve has to do with death: usually there are grieving family members and grieving friends, feeling sadness over the loss of a loved one. You can also grieve over a pet who died, a job you didn't get, or a favorite pair of shoes that were ruined. Usually there's some kind of loss involved, but as long as you feel extremely sad about something that's happened, you're grieving.
真题原句	Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms -- he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（尤指因某人的亡故而）悲痛，悲伤，伤心 If you grieve over something, especially someone's death, you feel very sad about it. [V prep] [V] [V-ing] He's grieving over his dead wife and son... 他因丧妻失子而悲痛不已。 I didn't have any time to grieve... 我没有时间伤心。 Margery's grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss. 玛格丽万分悲痛的家人努力从丧亲之痛中恢复过来。 2 [VERB 动词]使难过；使悲伤 If you are grieved by something, it makes you unhappy or upset. [be V-ed by/at n] [be V-ed to-inf] [it V n to-inf] [Also V n] He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people... 百姓的困苦使他痛心不已。 I was grieved to hear of the suicide of James... 听到詹姆斯自杀的消息，我非常伤心。 It grieved me to see the poor man in such distress. 看见这个可怜的人如此困窘，我很难过。
来源	2005.4

Grieve Grieving Feel Loss D Common Family Sad