grief
n
1 [U] ~ (over/at sth) deep or violent sorrow 憂傷; 悲傷
driven almost insane by grief over/at his death 因他死去而悲傷得幾乎發狂 * die of grief 憂傷而死.
2 [C] event causing such feelings 引起憂傷、 悲傷的事; 傷心事
His marriage to someone outside their faith was a great grief to his parents. 他娶了異教徒是他父母的一大傷心事.
3 (idm 習語) come to `grief (infml 口)
(a) end in failure 終歸失敗; 以失敗告終
All his little schemes for making money seem to come to grief. 他為賺錢而耍的花招兒看來都要失敗.
(b) have an accident; fall down, crash, etc 出事故; 遭意外; 跌倒; 碰撞等
Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 幾個行人在結冰的人行道上滑倒了. good`grief! (infml 口) (exclamation of surprise and (usu mild) dismay) 表示驚奇和(通常為輕度的)驚恐的感嘆語.