gravest

英 [ˈgreɪvɪst]

美 [ˈgrævəst]

adj.  严重的; 重大的; 严峻的; 深切的; 严肃的; 庄严的; 表情沉重的
grave的最高级

柯林斯词典

Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 义项5读作 /grɑːv/,除此外读作/greɪv/。


• N-COUNT 墓穴；坟墓；埋葬处
  Agraveis a place where a dead person is buried.
  1. They used to visit her grave twice a year.
     他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。
• N-COUNT 死亡;终结
  You can refer to some-one's death as theirgraveor to death asthe grave.
  1. ...drinking yourself to an early grave...
     纵酒而自折其寿
  2. Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
     大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。
• ADJ-GRADED 严重的；重大的；严峻的
  Agraveevent or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
  1. He said that the situation in his country is very grave...
     他说他的国家情况十分危急。
  2. I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.
     我对这些文件能否说明所有的问题深表怀疑。
• ADJ-GRADED 严肃的；表情沉重的
  Agraveperson is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
  1. William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave...
     威廉在屋顶上呆了一段时间，他下来的时候面色凝重。
  2. Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
     她忐忑不安地审视着他异常严肃的脸色。
• . 重音符;抑音符;沉音符
  In some languages such as French, agraveaccent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'
• PHRASE 自掘坟墓；自取灭亡
  If you say that someoneis diggingtheirown grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
  1. The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.
     这份杂志并非想断送他的事业，而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
• PHRASE 九泉之下不得安宁
  If you say that someone who is dead wouldturn intheirgrave atsomething that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
  1. Darwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name.
     一想到冒他之名所做下的那些事，达尔文在九泉之下一定不得安宁。
• from the cradle to the grave→ see:cradle

双语例句

• And where necessary, through a range of capabilities, we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the gravest threat to Americans.
  但如果有需要，只要能力所及，我们还会继续采取直接行动，以对付那些对美国构成最严重威胁的恐怖分子。
• While our nation is safer than it was seven years ago, the gravest threat to our people remains another terrorist attack.
  尽管我们的国家比七年前安全，我们的民众所面临的最严重威胁仍然是再度发生的恐怖袭击。
• The heavy shadow of America's unilateralism is also visible on the unresolved question of Palestine, which is one of the gravest tragedies of the20th and21st centuries.
  美国单边主义的沉重阴影在仍未解决的20世纪和21世纪最大悲剧之一的巴勒斯坦问题上也能看到。
• Incidents of the gravest nature will now be staged one after another.
  最重大的事变，将在今后逐步演出。
• I view his conduct in the gravest light.
  我以极严重的态度看待他的行为。
• But the gravest threat to the American way of life does not come from liberalism, regulation or the power of government; it comes from economic collapse.
  但是，美国生活方式面对的最严峻威胁，并非来自自由主义、监管或者政府权力，而是来自经济崩溃。
• It is of the gravest importance, I assure you.
  此事极为重要，我向你保证。
• Careless drivers are a menace to pedestrians. The gravest and most immediate threat is to the banking system.
  粗心的驾驶对行人来说是个胁迫。最严峻且最迫切的威胁在银行体系。
• Now I was being given the responsibility to help steer my adopted country through one of the gravest constitutional crises of its history.
  如今我协助领导这个养育我的国家度过它历史上一场最严重的宪法危机。
• I had the gravest suspicions about the whole enterprise.
  我对整个企业极其怀疑。