graver

英 [ˈgreɪvə]

美 [ˈgreɪvər]

adj.  严重的; 重大的; 严峻的; 深切的; 严肃的; 庄严的; 表情沉重的
grave的比较级

复数：gravers　

医学

柯林斯词典

Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 义项5读作 /grɑːv/,除此外读作/greɪv/。


• N-COUNT 墓穴；坟墓；埋葬处
  Agraveis a place where a dead person is buried.
  1. They used to visit her grave twice a year.
     他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。
• N-COUNT 死亡;终结
  You can refer to some-one's death as theirgraveor to death asthe grave.
  1. ...drinking yourself to an early grave...
     纵酒而自折其寿
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 严重的；重大的；严峻的
  Agraveevent or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
  1. He said that the situation in his country is very grave...
     他说他的国家情况十分危急。
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 严肃的；表情沉重的
  Agraveperson is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
  1. 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。
  2. Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
     她忐忑不安地审视着他异常严肃的脸色。
• . 重音符;抑音符;沉音符
  In some languages such as French, agraveaccent 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'
• PHRASE 自掘坟墓；自取灭亡
  If you say that someoneis diggingtheirown grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 九泉之下不得安宁
  If you say that someone who is dead wouldturn intheirgrave atsomething that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
  1. 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。
• from the cradle to the grave→ see:cradle

英英释义

noun

• a tool used by an engraver
  Synonym:graving toolpointelpointrel

双语例句

• Conclusion Patients with comorbid depression and anxiety have graver depressive and anxious symptoms and greater suicide risk than ones with single depression have.
  结论抑郁焦虑障碍共病患者较单纯抑郁症患者的抑郁和焦虑症状更严重、自杀风险大。
• This can be a difficult task for the inexperienced engraver as good graver control is important.
  这可以是一个良好的控制没有经验的雕刻更严重困难的任务是重要的。
• It is widely acknowledged that the Internet is a double-edged sword, bringing new opportunities and hopes for the mankind, but simultaneously new troubles and problems. Inevitably, this constitutes graver challenges for the protection of privacy in the network environment.
  众所周知，网络技术是一把双刃剑，它的发展给人类带来了新的机遇和希望，也带来了新的问题和困扰，给网络环境下个人隐私权带来了更为严重的冲击和挑战。
• Solomon looked a little graver as he finished his dinner, and glanced from time to time at the boy's bright face.
  所罗门吃完晚饭的时候，神情比刚才沉着一些；他不时向孩子快活的脸看一眼。
• Then he looked a good deal graver, and said, "have you been walking much on your chin lately?"
  接着他看起来严肃至极地说：“难道你用下巴走路吗？”
• The red portion of the gift is from the hand-carved stone by graver and hand-sealed on the rice paper by inkpad.
  红色的部分是用刻刀在石头上雕刻而成，并用印泥盖在宣纸上。
• For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life.
  这是因为，败坏作为精神生活的宗教信仰，比起伪造维持世俗生活的货币来，问题要严重得多。
• They cost millions of dollars, and took up limited prosecutorial time that could have been spent on far graver crimes.
  他们花费了数以千百万计的钱，占用了本来用在更严重的犯罪案上的有限的起诉时间。
• Vacuum brazed diamond graver is used to grave all kinds of stones.
  钎焊雕刻刀用于雕刻各种石头。
• The situation in the US is far graver.
  美国的形势更加严重。