grieve

verb

/ɡriːv/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they grieve	/ɡriːv/ /ɡriːv/
he / she / it grieves	/ɡriːvz/ /ɡriːvz/
past simple grieved	/ɡriːvd/ /ɡriːvd/
past participle grieved	/ɡriːvd/ /ɡriːvd/
-ing form grieving	/ˈɡriːvɪŋ/ /ˈɡriːvɪŋ/

Idioms

[intransitive, transitive] to feel very sad, especially because somebody has died（尤指因某人的去世而）悲伤，悲痛，伤心
- grieve (for/over somebody/something) 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
- grieve somebody/something She grieved the death of her husband.她为丈夫的去世而悲伤。
- She had grieved deeply for her father.她为父亲离世悲痛不已。
- He spoke on behalf of the grieving families.他代表悲恸欲绝的亲属讲了话。
- The couple are grieving over the loss of their daughter.夫妇俩正为丧女伤心欲绝。
Topics Feelingsc2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- deeply
- privately
- silently
- …
preposition
- for
- over
[transitive] (formal) to make you feel very sad使悲伤；使悲痛；使伤心 synonym pain
- it grieves somebody that… It grieved him that he could do nothing to help her.他因无法帮助她而伤心。
- grieve somebody Their lack of interest grieved her.他们不感兴趣使她很痛心。
- it grieves somebody to do something It grieved her to leave.她要走了，心里很难过。

词源Middle English (also in the sense ‘harm, oppress’): from Old French grever ‘burden, encumber’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’.

Idioms

what the eye doesn’t see (the heart doesn’t grieve over)

(saying) if a person does not know about something that they would normally think was bad, 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！