grief
n
1 [U] ~ (over/at sth) deep or violent sorrow 忧伤; 悲伤
driven almost insane by grief over/at his death 因他死去而悲伤得几乎发狂 * die of grief 忧伤而死.
2 [C] event causing such feelings 引起忧伤、 悲伤的事; 伤心事
His marriage to someone outside their faith was a great grief to his parents. 他娶了异教徒是他父母的一大伤心事.
3 (idm 习语) come to `grief (infml 口)
(a) end in failure 终归失败; 以失败告终
All his little schemes for making money seem to come to grief. 他为赚钱而耍的花招儿看来都要失败.
(b) have an accident; fall down, crash, etc 出事故; 遭意外; 跌倒; 碰撞等
Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了. good`grief! (infml 口) (exclamation of surprise and (usu mild) dismay) 表示惊奇和(通常为轻度的)惊恐的感叹语.
I love you more than my own life, more than my wife, and more than all the world.
我爱你胜过爱我自己的生命、自己的妻子和整个世界。(他哭了。)
All he knew was that his African ancestor taught his son and grandson the words in his own language for river and guitar.
他所知道的只是非洲祖先用自己的语言教给儿孙们的“江”和“吉他”这两个词。
To examine your skills and abilities still further, ask yourself this question: in the following three areas - skills with people, skills with information or skills with things - which are your best skills? Note that it is not enough to say to yourself,