grievous
美音:
[´gri:vəs
]英音:
[´gri:vəs
]adj.令人忧伤的
难易程度:
grievous为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:grievousness 副词:grievously
相关词
grievous
/'gri:vəs; `ˇrivəs/
adj
1 causing grief or suffering 令人伤心或痛苦的
*grievous news, losses, wrongs 令人伤心的消息、损失、错误.
2 (fml 文) (of sth bad) severe; serious (指坏事)剧烈的, 严重的
*grievous pain, wounds, etc 剧痛、重伤等
* a grievous error, fault, sin, crime, etc 严重的错误、过失、罪过、罪行等.
grievous
adj
formal very serious and causing great pain or suffering
The loss of his father was a grievous blow.
a grievous shortage of hospital beds
>grievouslyadv
He was grievously hurt by their betrayal.