grief
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++grief /ɡriːf/ ●●○ noun 1 [uncountable]SAD/UNHAPPY extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died 悲痛，极度悲伤〔尤指因所爱之人去世〕grief over/at The grief she felt over Helen’s death was almost unbearable. 她因海伦的去世而悲痛难当。with grief Charles was overcome with grief. 查尔斯悲痛欲绝。2 [countable]SAD/UNHAPPY something that makes you feel extremely sad 伤心事，不幸 Every change in our lives brings with it griefs. 我们生活当中的每一个变化都有让人伤心的一面。3 good grief! spokenSURPRISED used when you are slightly surprised or annoyed 哎哟！〔用于略感惊讶或气恼之时〕 Good grief! What a mess! 我的天！这么乱！4 come to grief FAILto fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident 失败；〔在事故中〕受损，被毁 candidates who come to grief in exams 考试失利的应试者5. give somebody grief informalCRITICIZE to criticize someone in an annoying way 数落[责备]某人6 [uncountable] informal trouble or problems 麻烦，问题 You’ll save yourself a lot of grief if you check the measurements first. 如果你先核实尺寸，就可以省去不少麻烦。
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grief• This will only bring about grief for what do we really know about ourselves or some one else?• The oil caused enough grief in Scapa Flow at the time.• She'd thought it was Anna, snuffling in her sleep or from grief.• We didn't say much, but his grief was obvious.• Whatever pangs of grief and guilt and shame Emilia might suffer had remained locked inside her, an unapproachable wound.• Tomorrow, he decided, he must press her to a full disclosure of the grief harboured in her heart.• It is his own mind's way of coping with the grief, and he knows it.• Thousands of people sent floral tributes as an expression of their grief.• When my child died I might have given way to grief as I loved him very much.• All the boy knew in that circumstance was grief and worry and surprise and rage.• He was overcome with grief when his wife died.grief over/at• Acute grief at the death of one parent may inhibit a family for caring for the surviving spouse.• He neither showed nor expressed any grief at this regrettable development.• And if you gave them any grief at all, they said they would just kick her out.• Her grief at his death was deep and sincere.• Let's consider multiple grief over time first.• Has there been an outpouring of grief at the horrific way they died?• This is often far from the case and many a combination has come to grief at the very last fence.Origin grief (1200-1300) Old French gref, from Latin gravis; → GRAVE1grief nounChinese
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grief /ɡriːf/
noun1. [uncountable] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died
grief over/at
The grief she felt over Helen’s death was almost unbearable.
with grief
Charles was overcome with grief.
2. [countable] something that makes you feel extremely sad:
Every change in our lives brings with it griefs.
3. good grief! spoken used when you are slightly surprised or annoyed:
Good grief! What a mess!
4. come to grief to fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident:
candidates who come to grief in exams
5. give somebody grief informal to criticize someone in an annoying way
6. [uncountable] informal trouble or problems:
You’ll save yourself a lot of grief if you check the measurements first.
▪ sadness a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else’s unhappiness: Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss. | I noticed a little sadness in her eyes.
▪unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when this lasts for a long time: After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him. | She was a tense, nervous young woman, whose deep unhappiness was obvious to all those around her. | You do not know how much pain and unhappiness you have caused.
▪sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you: There seemed to be nowhere to go to be alone with her sorrow. | His heart was filled with great sorrow after her death.
▪misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions: The cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless is increasing. | Thousands of families were destined to a life of misery. | The misery and pain he caused were, for him, merely a measure of his success.
▪despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change: At the end of the month, she still had no job and was tired, frustrated, and close to despair.
▪grief great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died: He was overcome with grief when his wife died.
▪heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love: She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons.
▪depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life: He slipped into a depression in which he hardly ate or even left his room.
▪despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope: She felt useless, and this contributed to her despondency.
▪melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, that you feel even though there is no particular reason for it: Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting.
grief /ɡriːf/
noun1. [uncountable] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has diedgrief over/at
with grief
2. [countable] something that makes you feel extremely sad:
3. good grief! spoken used when you are slightly surprised or annoyed:
4. come to grief to fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident:
5. give somebody grief informal to criticize someone in an annoying way
6. [uncountable] informal trouble or problems:
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