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n.墓穴,坟墓 adj.严重的,(颜色)黯淡的,(声音)低沉的 v.雕刻,铭记

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形容词比较级:graver 最高级:gravest 名词:graveness 副词:gravely 动词过去式:graved 过去分词:graven/graved 现在分词:graving 第三人称单数:graves

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grav=heavy(重)

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/greɪv; ˇrev/
adj (-r, -st)
1 (fml 文) (of situations, etc) needing careful consideration; serious (指情况等)需认真考虑的, 严重的, 严峻的
*This could have grave consequences. 这会造成严重後果.
* grave news, danger, etc 重要的新闻、严重的危险
* There is a grave risk of flooding. 有闹水灾的极大危险.
* a sick person in a grave condition 危重病人
* a situation that is graver/more grave than expected 超出预料的严峻形势
* a grave mistake, error, etc 严重的错误、过失等.
2 (of people) serious or solemn in manner (指人)严肃的, 一本正经的
*He looked grave. `Is there anything wrong?' I asked. 他表情严肃. `是出事了吗?'我问.

/greɪv; ˇrev/
n
1 hole dug in the ground for a dead body; mound of earth or monument over it 墓穴; 坟墓; 坟头; 墓碑
*strewing flowers on her grave 往她墓上撒花.
2 the grave [sing] (rhet 修辞) death; being dead 死亡
*from the cradle to the grave, ie from birth till death 由生至死
* Is there life beyond the grave, ie after death? 死後还有生命吗?
3 (idm 习语) dig one's own grave => dig1. from the cradle to the grave => cradle. have one foot in the grave => foot1. turn in one's `grave (saying 谚) of a person who is already dead, likely to be offended or angry 死後不得安生
*You can't go out dressed like that. It's enough to make your grandmother turn in her grave! 你千万别穿戴成那样子出去. 那会让你祖母躺在坟里也不得安生.

/grɑ:v; ˇrɑv/
n (also ,grave `accent) mark placed over a vowel to indicate how it is to be sounded (as in French mere) 钝音符.
1. But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother´s grave.
    但他想再见见老乡并且看看我母亲的坟墓。

2. But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother´s grave.
    但是,他想看一看家乡父老乡亲,为我的母亲扫墓。

3. Before we go any further, it might make sense to require a temporary pause on research into human cloning in order to make a systematic enquiry into the grave questions it raises.
    在我们尚未继续前进之前,最好是先要求暂时停止克隆人类的研究,以便系统地研究它所引发的深刻问题。

4. What though before us lies the open grave?
    即使死亡在前又有什么可惧?

5. An illness which at twelve would knock us over, at eighty can knock us out, and into our grave.
    能使我们在12岁时病倒的疾病,到了80岁可能会使我们一蹶不振而进入坟墓。

6. For the grave farmer he used his dentist, a sour-looking man. For the woman standing alongside him, the artist chose his sister, Nan.
    为画神色严肃的农夫,他选择了他那表情木讷的牙医,至于站在他身边的农妇,他选择了自己的姐姐南。

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