词形变化: gravely graver gravest graveness graved graven/graved graving graves

  • 正在加载“grave”的释义
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1.

She laid the bouquet on the newly turfed grave.

她把那束花放置在新铺上草皮的坟墓上。

2.

You are just digging your own grave if you go on smoking so heavily.

你继续这样过度吸烟,就是在自掘坟墓。

3.

His face was grave when I told him my decision.

当我告诉他我的决定时,他的脸色很严肃。

4.

Is there life beyond the grave?

人死后有来生吗?

5.

The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.

这局势对世界和平构成了严重的威胁。

【近义词】

【反义词】

  • trifling adj.微不足道的,轻浮... petty adj.小的,琐碎的...
  • trivial adj.不重要的,琐碎的... puny adj.微小的,瘦弱的...

【词源解说】

直接源自古英语的grf,意为穴,坑;最初源自原始日耳曼语的graban。

名词 grave:

1.

death of a person

2.

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

同义词:tomb

3.

a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

同义词:grave accent

动词 grave:

1.

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

同义词:sculpt,sculpture

2.

carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

同义词:scratch,engrave,inscribe

形容词 grave:

1.

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

同义词:sedate,sober,solemn

2.

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

同义词:dangerous,grievous,serious,severe,life-threatening

3.

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

同义词:grievous,heavy,weighty

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