詞彙精選：sorrow的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
悲傷；悲痛；悲哀 [U]
例句：
At last she decided to unbosom herself to her mother, and shared her secret sorrow.
她最終決定把自己心裏的悲傷告訴她母親。
例句：
His sorrow were imaged in his face.
他臉上的表情反映了他的悲傷心情。
傷心事；悲傷事；不幸 [C]
例句：
The many sorrows turned her hair white.
這許許多多不幸的事使她的頭髮變白了。
例句：
Time heals all sorrows.
時間可治癒一切悲傷。
v.
感到（或表示）悲傷 [I]
例句：
I sorrow for his death.
我對他的去世感到傷心。
例句：
She sorrowed over the lost kitten.
她因丟失了小貓而懊喪不已。
二、詞義辨析：
agony,anguish,torment,torture,grief,misery,distress,sorrow
這些名詞均有“苦惱、痛苦”之意。agony側重指精神或身體痛苦的劇烈程度。anguish指精神方面令人難以忍受的極度痛苦；用於身體時，多指局部或暫時的痛苦。torment強調煩惱或痛苦的長期性。torture語氣比toment強，指在精神或肉體上受到的折磨所產生的痛苦。grief指由某種特殊處境或原因造成的強烈的感情上的苦惱與悲痛。misery着重痛苦的可悲狀態，多含不幸、可憐或悲哀的意味。distress多指因思想上的壓力緊張、恐懼、憂慮等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某種災難帶來的痛苦。sorrow語氣比grief弱，指因不幸、損失或失望等所產生的悲傷。
三、參考例句：
Sorrow has grayed his head.
憂傷使他頭髮變得灰白。
I sorrow for his death.
我對他的去世感到傷心。
Her sorrow will wear off in time.
她的悲痛是會慢慢過去的。
His sorrow was imaged in his face.
他的悲哀反映在他的臉上。
His sorrow was imaged in his face.
他的悲哀反映在他的臉上。
Two in distress makes sorrow less.
同病相憐，同憂相救。
Sorrow threads on the heels of joy.
〔諺〕樂極生悲。
It was a time of great sorrow.
這是一個非常悲傷的時刻。
His sorrow were imaged in his face.
他臉上的表情反映了他的悲傷心情。
Your sorrow will wear off in time.
日子久了，你的悲哀是會消失的。
