词组 | grief |
释义 | grief /ɡriːf/ noun extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has diedadjectivesdeep/great grief She expressed deep grief at his death.terrible/overwhelming grief Childlessness brings feelings of terrible grief.public grief There was a great public grief when Princess Diana died.private/personal grief Too often the media intrudes on private grief.verbsfeel grief When her father died, she felt no grief.deal with/cope with your grief People deal with their grief in different ways.come to terms with your grief (=accept the sad event and not be upset any more) Counselling helped her come to terms with her grief.show/express your grief Women traditionally show their grief more than men. | Let him express his grief by crying.share your grief A funeral is an opportunity to share your grief.cause/bring (sb) grief He said he wanted to apologize for causing them grief. | Adultery often brings grief and shame.grief + nounsgrief counselling BrE grief counseling AmE The victims’ families were offered grief counselling.prepositionsgrief at/over sth Her grief at his death was deep and sincere.grief for sb He had been driven mad by grief for his son.phrasesbe overcome/overwhelmed with grief (=feel it so strongly that you feel you cannot continue) When his wife died, he was overcome with grief.be racked/wracked with grief (=feel extremely deep grief) She was so racked with grief that she couldn’t sleep.mad with grief Her poor husband was mad with grief.an outpouring of grief (=the strong expression of a lot of grief) The tragedy prompted a national outpouring of grief.feelings of grief In his poems, he writes about his feelings of grief for his mother.a sense of grief This sense of grief may be hard to cope with. |
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