grief
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɡriːf/ us/ɡriːf/
B2 （尤指某人之死引起的）悲痛，悲伤，悲哀
very great sadness, especially at the death of someone
Her grief at her son's death was terrible. 丧子之痛使她肝肠寸断。
Newspapers should not intrude on people's private grief. 报纸不应再去侵扰那些正承受丧亲之痛的人们。
newspaper pictures of grief-stricken relatives 报纸上刊登的悲痛欲绝的亲属的照片
come to grief （常因事故而突然）惨遭失败；遭受不幸
to suddenly fail in what you are doing, often because you have an accident
The Italian champion was in second position when he came to grief on the third lap. 跑到第三圈时，处在第二位置上的意大利卫冕冠军突然马失前蹄。
give someone griefinformal 怒斥（某人），责骂（某人）
to criticize someone angrily
get griefinformal 被怒斥，挨骂
to be criticized angrily
He didn't like my decision, and I still get grief about it from him. 他不喜欢我的决定，而我到现在还因此被他训斥。
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- Huge crowds followed the funeral procession in a public demonstration of grief.
- She couldn't cope with the grief she felt inside.
- His death at the age of 35 has occasioned an outpouring of grief.
- My father is a stoic by nature and found it hard to express his grief when my mother died.
- The whole village was united in their grief.