grieve

单词辨析:

grieve mourn sorrow 【导航词义:悲痛】
grieve v. (使)伤心,(使)悲伤
〔辨析〕

指因所爱之人死亡而伤心,或因损失、失败等而感到悲伤,这类伤感可以是公开表露的,也可以是压抑于内心的。

〔例证〕

She is still grieving for her only child who was killed in the quake.

她还在为在地震中死去的独子而伤心。

It really grieves me to see him in such bad health.

看到他的健康状况如此不佳,我很伤心。

mourn v. 哀悼,(为…)哀痛
〔辨析〕

较正式用词,指悼念死者或为某人之死而哀伤,侧重表露于外的悲伤、哭泣。

〔例证〕

They mourn for their fallen soldiers.

他们哀悼阵亡的士兵。

For whom do you mourn?

你在为谁流泪?

London shall mourn the death of twenty thousand people.

伦敦将为两万名死者哀悼。

sorrow v. [文]感到悲伤,表示悲痛
〔辨析〕

指因不幸、损失、失望等而悲痛不已,常后接介词 over。

〔例证〕

She was sorrowing over the loss of her mother.

她因失去母亲而感到悲痛。

The sorrowing relatives left the dead in peace.

悲痛欲绝的亲人让亡者安眠于九泉。

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But the truth is, we do deserve to grieve, even more, we need to grieve.

但是事实却是,我们活该悲伤,甚至应该更悲伤,因为我们需要悲伤。

I grieve and dare not show my discontent.

我悲伤,却不能显出我的不满。

Let's all take a moment to grieve.

让我们都花些时间去伤心吧。

I grieve very much for what I have done.

我为自己的行为感到痛心。

What has your nation done to grieve these deaths?

你们的国家做了什么来帮助这些人了?

I grieve that I lost my mother when I was a child.

余自伤幼年丧母。