grievous
adj. 令人伤心或痛苦的; (指坏事)剧烈的,严重的; 悲哀
If you describe something such as a loss as grievous, you mean that it is extremely serious or worrying in its effects.
Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries...
失去它们将会是对我们工程行业的一个沉重打击。
Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
莫里斯先生说遇难者因为一个极其严重的失误而遭遇不幸。
A grievous injury to your body is one that causes you great pain and suffering.
He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.
尽管身受重伤,他还是活下来了。
1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
2. causing or marked by grief or anguish;
3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;
4. shockingly brutal or cruel;
Wasting food when people are starving is a grievous wrong.
在别人挨饿时浪费食物是一种严重的罪恶.
He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.
他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体.
Manamela was found guilty of assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm.
曼那梅拉意图造成他人重伤害的攻击罪名判决成立.
But the court found them guilty grievous bodily harm to kidnapping.
但是法庭发现他们犯有人身伤害和绑架罪.
This a grievous lesson left us by the history.
这是历史留给我们的沉痛教训.