英语词汇“grievous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

griev·ous

(grēvəs)

adj.

1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss.

2. Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime.

[Anglo-Norman grevous, from grever, to harm, aggrieve, from Latin gravāre, to burden; see GRIEVE.]

grievous·ly adv.

grievous·ness n.

Usage Note: The pronunciation of grievous with three syllables as (grēvē-əs), written as though there were an extra i in the spelling of the word, is commonly heard but is roundly criticized as a mispronunciation. Ninety percent of the Usage Panel in 2005 found the three-syllable pronunciation to be unacceptable.

单词	grievous
释义	griev·ous (grēvəs) adj. 1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss. 2. Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime. [Anglo-Norman grevous, from grever, to harm, aggrieve, from Latin gravāre, to burden; see GRIEVE.] grievous·ly adv. grievous·ness n. *Usage Note:* The pronunciation of grievous with three syllables as (grēvē-əs), written as though there were an extra i in the spelling of the word, is commonly heard but is roundly criticized as a mispronunciation. Ninety percent of the Usage Panel in 2005 found the three-syllable pronunciation to be unacceptable.
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