grievous

英 [ˈɡriːvəs]

美 [ˈɡriːvəs]

adj.  极严重的; 使人痛苦的; 令人伤心的

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.12230 / COCA.20105

牛津词典

adj.

• 极严重的；使人痛苦的；令人伤心的
  very serious and often causing great pain or suffering
  1. He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
     他曾遭受极不公正的待遇。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 极其严重的；令人担忧的
  If you describe something such as a loss asgrievous, you mean that it is extremely serious or worrying in its effects.
  1. Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries...
     失去它们将会是对我们工程行业的一个沉重打击。
  2. Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
     莫里斯先生说遇难者因为一个极其严重的失误而遭遇不幸。
• ADJ-GRADED 剧烈的；极痛苦的；疼痛难耐的
  Agrievousinjury to your body is one that causes you great pain and suffering.
  1. He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.
     尽管身受重伤，他还是活下来了。

英英释义

adj

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
  1. a dangerous operation
  2. a grave situation
  3. a grave illness
  4. grievous bodily harm
  5. a serious wound
  6. a serious turn of events
  7. a severe case of pneumonia
  8. a life-threatening disease
  Synonym:dangerousgraveseriousseverelife-threatening
• shockingly brutal or cruel
  1. murder is an atrocious crime
  2. a grievous offense against morality
  3. a grievous crime
  4. no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
  Synonym:atrociousflagitiousmonstrous
• of great gravity or crucial import
  1. grave responsibilities
  2. faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
  3. a grievous fault
  4. heavy matters of state
  5. the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
  Synonym:graveheavyweighty
• causing or marked by grief or anguish
  1. a grievous loss
  2. a grievous cry
  3. her sigh was heartbreaking
  4. the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
  Synonym:heartbreakingheartrending

双语例句

• He has engaged general grievous.
  他已和格菲将军交战了。
• Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
  莫里斯先生说遇难者因为一个极其严重的失误而遭遇不幸。
• He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
  他曾遭受极不公正的待遇。
• They were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
  他们两人都被判造成他人严重人身伤害的罪名成立。
• This is a method to restrain excessive anger by making use of grievous factors.
  这是一种利用使人悲伤的事物抑制过度愤怒的方法。
• Fecklessness may be a grievous fault, but grievously have the Greeks answered it.
  无能也许是一个严重的过错，但希腊人已经做出了惨烈的应对。
• But General Grievous has escaped once again.
  但格里弗斯将军再次逃跑了。
• They were each sentenced to one year's imprisonment for incitement to commit grievous bodily harm.
  他们因煽动严重的人身伤害而各被判入狱1年。
• But she denied intending to infect anyone, as she stood trial for grievous bodily harm.
  她因被控对他人进行严重的人身伤害而受审，但否认故意传染艾滋病病毒。
• But the court found them guilty of crimes ranging from grievous bodily harm to kidnapping.
  但是法庭发现他们犯有人身伤害和绑架罪。