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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++grieve /ɡriːv/ ●○○ verb  1 [intransitive, transitive]SAD/UNHAPPY to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died 〔尤指因所爱之人去世而〕感到悲痛grieve over/for He died, and every day since then I have grieved for him. 他死了,从此我没有一天不在悲痛。 People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one. 人们在所爱之人去世后会有一段悲伤期。 She grieved the loss of her only son. 她因为失去唯一的儿子而悲痛。2 [transitive]SAD/UNHAPPY if something grieves you, it makes you feel very unhappy 使伤心 SYN upset My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused. 我的姑妈,说起来我很难过,她有点颠三倒四的。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
grieveYet they are not supposed to grieve.It is a terrible tragedy for this small community. Everyone here is grieving.Once again I was slow to grieve.It's healthy to take time to grieve after the death of a loved one.To unburden themselves of arranging and directing these tasks, grieving families turn to funeral directors.Millet continued to grieve for his wife for many years after her death.He and I still grieve for Langford, but our search for him has changed.If the women of the tyrant nations do not grieve for the crimes of those nations, who will?Or you may be grieving for your partner or client.She thought and worked and grieved only for a day at a time.People must be allowed to grieve the loss of a relative for as long as they need to.grieve over/forI could hardly say I was up here grieving over a junior at Radcliffe.Well, they grieve; we grieve for a while and then get on with our lives.I felt like I would never stop grieving over my dead brother.If the women of the tyrant nations do not grieve for the crimes of those nations, who will?He grieved for what was lost and what had never come to be.Or you may be grieving for your partner or client.it grievesParents love each child, and it grieves them to witness the hitting, hurting and hateful things said to each other.
Origin grieve (1200-1300) Old French grever, from Latin gravare to load heavily, from gravis; → GRAVE1
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grieve
grieve /ɡriːv/ verb
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: grever, from Latin gravare 'to load heavily', from gravis; grave1
1. [intransitive and transitive] to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died
    grieve over/for
    He died, and every day since then I have grieved for him.
    People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one.
    She grieved the loss of her only son.
2. [transitive] if something grieves you, it makes you feel very unhappy
   SYN  upset:
    My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused.


grieveBrE /ɡriːv/ 🔊NAmE /ɡriːv/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they grieve BrE /ɡriːv/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡriːv/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it grieves BrE /ɡriːvz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡriːvz/ 🔊past simple grieved BrE /ɡriːvd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡriːvd/ 🔊past participle grieved BrE /ɡriːvd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡriːvd/ 🔊 -ing form grieving BrE /ˈɡriːvɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡriːvɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] to feel very sad, especially because sb has died (尤指因某人的去世而)悲伤,悲痛,伤心~ (for/over sb/sth) They are still grieving for their dead child. 他们还在为死去的孩子伤心。🔊🔊grieving relatives悲痛欲绝的亲戚~ sb/sth She grieved the death of her husband. 她为丈夫的去世而悲伤。🔊🔊 [transitive] (formal) to make you feel very sad 使悲伤;使悲痛;使伤心 SYN pain it grieves sb that… It grieved him that he could do nothing to help her. 他因无法帮助她而伤心。🔊🔊~ sb Their lack of interest grieved her. 他们不感兴趣使她很痛心。🔊🔊it grieves sb to do sth It grieved her to leave. 她要走了,心里很难过。🔊🔊what the eye doesn't ˈsee (the heart doesn't ˈgrieve over)(saying) if a person does not know about sth that they would normally disapprove of, then it cannot hurt them 眼不见(心不烦);眼不见为净What does it matter if I use his flat while he's away? What the eye doesn't see…!我趁他外出时用他的公寓有什么关系呢?反正他又看不见!