英語單詞

grievous是什麽意思

grievous

英 ['griːvəs] 美 ['ɡrivəs]
  • adj. 痛苦的;劇烈的

英文詞源


grievous (adj.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French grevous (Old French grevos) "heavy, large, weighty; hard, difficult, toilsome," from grief (see grief). Legal term grievous bodily harm attested from 1803.

雙語例句


1. Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
莫裏斯先生說遇難者因為一個極其嚴重的失誤而遭遇不幸。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries.
失去它們將會是對我們工程行業的一個沉重打擊。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
他們兩人都被判造成他人嚴重人身傷害的罪名成立。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
他曾遭受極不公正的待遇。

來自《權威詞典》

5. He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.
他被控蓄意嚴重傷害他人身體.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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