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grievous

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

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. 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。

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2. 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。

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3. 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。

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

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5. He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.
他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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