grave
adj. 重大的,重要的; 严重的; [音乐]沉重的; (颜色等)朴素的
n. 坟墓,墓穴; 埋葬…的地方; 下场; 死亡
A grave is a place where a dead person is buried.
They used to visit her grave twice a year.
他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。
You can refer to some-one's death as their grave or to death as the grave .
...drinking yourself to an early grave...
纵酒而自折其寿
Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。
A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
He said that the situation in his country is very grave...
他说他的国家情况十分危急。
I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.
我对这些文件能否说明所有的问题深表怀疑。
A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave...
威廉在屋顶上呆了一段时间,他下来的时候面色凝重。
Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
她忐忑不安地审视着他异常严肃的脸色。
In some languages such as French, a grave accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'
If you say that someone is digging their own grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.
这份杂志并非想断送他的事业,而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
Darwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name.
一想到冒他之名所做下的那些事,达尔文在九泉之下一定不得安宁。
1. death of a person;
2. a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone);
3. a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
1. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it;
2. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;
1. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;
2. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;
earnest, serious, grave, severe, solemn, sober
这些形容词均有"严肃的"之意。
grave, tomb, vault
这些名词都有"坟墓,墓穴"之意。
dig one's own grave
自掘坟墓,自己害自己
(as) silent (或 quiet) as the grave
像坟墓那样寂静,寂静无声
take the (或 one's 等) secret to the grave
将秘密带入坟墓,至死保守秘密
turn (北美亦作turn over) in one's grave
在坟墓中辗转反侧(表示认为某事会令某位死者发怒或痛苦)
You are just digging your own grave if you go on smoking so heavily.
你再抽这么多烟,那你就是自掘坟墓.
I feel impelled to express grave doubts about the project.
我觉得不得不对这项计划深表怀疑.
The situation was grave.
情况是严重的.
Let us rest his body in his family grave.
我们把他的遗体安放在他的祖坟中吧.
It was as quite as a grave in there, you could just hear the wind moving the trees.
那里一片死寂, 你能听到风吹动树叶的声音.