Grievous

(adj.) causing or marked by grief or anguish; 'a grievous loss'; 'a grievous cry'; 'her sigh was heartbreaking'; 'the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter' .

录入:斯蒂芬妮

• During the intervals of pain from this grievous disease, he spent many cheerful hours, conversing in the most agreeable and instructive manner. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The common rule requires submission; and it is only in cases of grievous tyranny and oppression, that the exception can take place. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I hope, from the bottom of my heart, he won't keep her waiting much longer, for it is quite grievous to see her look so ill and forlorn. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• A new and most unpleasant system of menace had begun, and the intent appeared to be to do him grievous bodily harm. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Mine's a grievous case, an' I want—if yo will be so good—t' know the law that helps me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It has not so many grievous discrepancies. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• These are grievous times; I see suffering wherever I turn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I am afraid the baronet, whose name you are unwilling to mention to me, has done you some grievous wrong? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• To be in doubt, in so mighty a matter as this--to be uncertain which one to adore--was a grievous misfortune. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• While the possession of this country was highly advantageous to France, it was a grievous inconvenience to the inhabitants of the British colonies. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• When I am immediately threatened with any grievous ill, my fears, apprehensions, and aversions rise to a great height, and produce a sensible emotion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But these solemn lessons which succeeded those, I remember as the death-blow of my peace, and a grievous daily drudgery and misery. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He has been a disappointment to me, Mr. Holmes--a grievous disappointment. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• But my disappointment was grievous and unexpected. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Ah, my dear, said he, poor Miss TaylorIt is a grievous business. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• It is a grievous affair to my poor girls, you must confess. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.

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