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

• The situation in the US is far graver.
  美国的形势更加严重。
• 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。
• Across the sun hurried a darkening filter of cloud, the advance guard of a larger and even graver army.
  一团乌云掠过太阳，如同一支愈加庞大、战意愈浓军队的前锋。
• But I think your face looks graver than mine.
  可我觉得你的脸色比我还差。
• Given the societal trend towards laxity and the emphasis on eugenics, the abortion issue is becoming graver day by day.
  随著社会风气的开放与优生学的强调，堕胎问题日益严重。
• Now graver matters are taking over.
  而现在，这已让位于更为严重的问题。
• Outside america, the consequences could be even graver.
  美国国外，后果更为严重。
• The phenomenon is common, but the underpricing is graver in the developing countries than in the developed countries.
  从国际上看IPO抑价现象普遍存在，但发展中国家比发达国家严重得多。
• Rivals have also faced graver problems over the past couple of years, such as a tragic sinking and engine fires.
  过去几年，其他游轮公司面临过较为严重的问题，如悲剧性的沉船事故和引擎起火事件。
• Her resolve, however, had been taken, and it seemed vacillating even to childishness to abandon it now, unless for graver reasons.
  不过她早已下了决心，而且现在不去了，也似乎显得有些像小孩子一样犹豫不决了，除非有重要的理由才能回去。