causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
\\\"a dangerous operation\\\"
\\\"a grave situation\\\"
\\\"a grave illness\\\"
\\\"grievous bodily harm\\\"
\\\"a serious wound\\\"
\\\"a serious turn of events\\\"
\\\"a severe case of pneumonia\\\"
\\\"a life-threatening disease\\\"
causing or marked by grief or anguish;
\\\"a grievous loss\\\"
\\\"a grievous cry\\\"
\\\"her sigh was heartbreaking\\\"
\\\"the heartrending words of Rabin\\\'s granddaughter\\\"
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;
\\\"grave responsibilities\\\"
\\\"faced a grave decision in a time of crisis\\\"
\\\"a grievous fault\\\"
\\\"heavy matters of state\\\"
\\\"the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference\\\"
shockingly brutal or cruel;
\\\"murder is an atrocious crime\\\"
\\\"a grievous offense against morality\\\"
\\\"a grievous crime\\\"
\\\"no excess was too monstrous for them to commit\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. 擺在我們面前的，是一場(chǎng)極為痛苦的嚴(yán)峻考驗(yàn)。
THE opposition in Zimbabwe suffered another grievous blow this week. 津巴布韋的反對(duì)派本周受到了痛苦的打擊。
She has made a grievous mistake. 她犯了一個(gè)極嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤。
Maybe public pressure can force the Florida authorities to right a grievous wrong. 也許公眾的壓力可以迫使佛羅里達(dá)當(dāng)局糾正這個(gè)嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤。
常用短語(yǔ)
grievous bodily harm
重傷
grievous fault
嚴(yán)重過(guò)失
grievous bodily injury
重傷
組詞
The High Commission..the most grievous of the many grievances under which the nation laboured.