Word · Frequency #11575
grieve
感到悲伤；哀悼
To feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died or something has been lost; to mourn.
- 1.
To cause sorrow or distress to.
- 2.
To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- 3.
To experience grief.
- 4.
To submit or file a grievance (about).
使悲伤；使伤心；提出申诉；投诉；使悲伤；悲痛；伤心
In use
She grieved over the loss of her childhood home.
The news of the accident grieved his family deeply.
He continued to grieve for his late wife for years.
grieve sb
及物用法，主语为使人悲伤的事物，宾语为感到悲伤的人。
The sad news grieved her deeply.
这个悲伤的消息使她深感悲痛。
grieve over/for sth
不及物用法，后接介词 over 或 for 引出悲伤的原因。
She grieved over the loss of her pet.
她为失去宠物而悲伤。
grieve to do sth
不定式结构表示做某事时感到悲伤。
I grieved to hear of his illness.
听到他生病的消息我很难过。
Connections
Collocations
- grieve for
- 为…感到悲伤；哀悼
- She still grieves for her late husband.她仍然为已故的丈夫感到悲伤。
- grieve over
- 为…悲痛；因…伤心
- He grieved over the mistake he had made.他为自己的错误感到痛心。
- deeply grieved
- 深感悲伤；极为悲痛
- The whole community was deeply grieved by the news.整个社区听到这个消息都深感悲痛。
- grieve the loss of
- 为失去…而悲伤
- They are grieving the loss of their old neighborhood.他们为失去老街区而悲伤。
- still grieving
- 仍在悲痛中
- She is still grieving for her father.她仍然在为她父亲悲伤。
- grieve together
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 grieve 记成 grief 的动词：亲人离世时低头落泪，心中哀伤难平。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：bereavement and mourning、formal or literary writing、workplace or formal grievance procedures grieve 的语体随意思变化：表示“悲痛、哀悼”时多用于谈论丧亲等较严肃的场合，属中性偏正式；表示“使悲伤”（如 It grieves me...）比较常见于正式或文学语体；表示“提出申诉”则主要用于正式投诉或职场语境。日常口语中更常用 feel sad 或 mourn。
Pronunciation & Spelling
believe、relieve、achieve、sleeve、leave 都与 grieve 押韵，重读部分均为 /iːv/。grief 拼写相近，但读 /ɡriːf/，结尾是 /f/ 而非 /v/，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.