sorrow
n
1 [U] ~ (at/for/over sth) feeling of sadness or distress caused esp by loss, disappointment or regret; grief 悲傷; 悲痛; 懊喪; 悔恨
express sorrow for having done wrong 因做錯(cuò)了事而表示懊悔
to my great sorrow 令我悲痛萬(wàn)分
to the sorrow of all those who were present 使所有在場(chǎng)的人感到難過(guò)
sorrow at sb's death 因某人去世而感到的悲傷
in sorrow and in joy, ie when we are sad and also when we are happy 無(wú)論是在悲傷還是在快樂(lè)的時(shí)候.
2 [C] particular cause of this feeling; misfortune 悲傷的原因; 懊喪的原因; 不幸
the sorrow(s) of war 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)帶來(lái)的災(zāi)禍
He has had many sorrows in his life. 他生活中頗多不幸.
Her death was a great sorrow to everyone. 她死了, 大家萬(wàn)分悲痛.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) drown one's sorrows => drown. more in ,sorrow than in `anger with more regret than anger for what was done, etc (對(duì)做過(guò)的事等)感到懊悔, 倒并不生氣
It was more in sorrow than in anger that he criticized his former colleague. 他批評(píng)以前的同事, 并非出於氣憤而是為他惋惜. sorrow, v [I, Ipr]
~ (at/for/over sth) (fml 文) feel, express or show sorrow; grieve 感到、 表示或顯得悲哀或懊悔; 悲嘆; 惋惜
sorrowing over his child's death 因他孩子夭折而悲傷
sorrowing at his misfortune 哀嘆他的不幸.