詞彙精選:grave的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
重大的,重要的;嚴重的
例句:
The consequences of such inequity could be grave.
這種不公平現象將會產生嚴重的社會影響。
例句:
His illness assumed a very grave character.
他的病顯得非常的嚴重。
嚴肅的
例句:
Even the grave old gentleman could not suppress a laugh.
連那位嚴肅的老紳士都禁不住笑了。
例句:
He thought of Jim's grave foxy face.
他想到了吉姆那張嚴肅、狡黠的臉。
n.
墳墓,墓穴
例句:
The wooden stakes designate the edge of the ancient grave.
木樁標識了古墓的邊界。
例句:
That old man already has one foot in the grave.
那老人已是一隻腳踏入棺材裏。
下場;死亡
例句:
Life is a battle from cradle to grave.
人生是一場從生到死的戰鬥。
例句:
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
禍從口出。
v.
雕刻;銘記 [T]
例句:
Just another life saved from forgetfulness graved well better than with a sword in Abraham's memory.
恰是由於忘性而被挽救的另一條性命比用劍(救)更深刻地銘記在亞伯拉罕的記憶中了。
例句:
It is still considered lucky for a young man to present his financee with the wooden clappers graved with love-poems.
人們仍然認為,年輕男子送給未婚妻刻滿情詩的木製棒槌是吉利的。
二、詞義辨析:
earnest,serious,grave,severe,solemn,sober
這些形容詞均有“嚴肅的”之意。earnest指嚴肅,認真,含誠懇和熱情意味。serious指具有關鍵、嚴肅或嚴重意義的事情。grave側重嚴肅和尊嚴,需要認真思考,含令人擔憂意味。severe指面孔的嚴肅,法律的嚴厲,傷病的嚴重。着重嚴厲性,無絲毫温情。solemn指人表情或場景氣氛嚴肅,側重威嚴名印象深刻。sober側重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表現出的莊重。
三、相關短語:
grave accent
n.重音符
四、參考例句:
His grave is snowed down with flowers.
他的墓上撤滿鮮花。
Is there life beyond the grave?
人死後有來生嗎?
Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
她不安地審視着他那張異常嚴肅的臉。
Jackson reacted with expressions of grave concern .
傑克遜對此表示了嚴重的關切。
His illness assumed a very grave character.
他的病顯得非常的嚴重。
Her grave is covered with flowers.
她的墓地上長滿了花。
The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.
這局勢對世界和平構成了嚴重的威脅。
A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
禍從口出。
His grave is marked by a fine stela.
他的墓前有一塊精緻的石碑。
Even the grave old gentleman could not suppress a laugh.
連那位嚴肅的老紳士都禁不住笑了。