grief n. 1.悲伤,忧伤,伤心事;〔美口〕困难;麻烦。 2.痛苦,不幸,灾难。 bring sb. to grief使受伤;使失败,使陷悲境。 come to grief受伤;受欺负;出毛病,失败;遭难。 die of grief气死。 Good [Great] grief 哎呀!〔表示惊奇,惊恐等的惊叹语〕。 smile at grief 不过度悲伤,达观。
His failure was a great grief to his parents 他的失败对他父母而言是一大伤痛。
A great grief aggravates the heart that suffers it 巨大的悲伤使痛苦的心更加沉重。
And this was a great grief to abraham because of his son 亚伯拉罕因他儿子的缘故很忧愁。
And this was a great grief to abraham because of his son 因了儿子的缘故,亚伯拉罕很不高兴。
Well , dear marie , i will own to you that , in spite of his extreme youth , his departure for the army has been a great grief to me 亲爱的玛丽,我向您坦白承认,虽说他十分年轻,但是他这次从军却使我感到极大的痛苦。
Probably you would do nothing of the sort : but if you did , mr . brocklehurst would expel you from the school ; that would be a great grief to your relations “兴许你根本不会干那类事。但要是你干了,布罗克赫斯特先生会把你撵出学校的,那会使你的亲戚感到难过。