grieve
verb/ɡriːv/
/ɡriːv/
Verb Forms
Idioms | 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/ |
- [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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- privately
- silently
- …
- for
- over
- grieve (for/over somebody/something) They are still grieving for their dead child.
- [transitive] (formal) to make you feel very sad
使悲伤；使悲痛；使伤心 - 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。
- it grieves somebody that… It grieved him that he could do nothing to help her.
Word OriginMiddle 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！
- What does it matter if I use his flat while he’s away? What the eye doesn’t see…!