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IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave
greɪv grɑːv ˈɡrɑːvɪ greɪv ˈgʀɑvɛ
Word forms: plural graves, comparative graver, superlative gravest
Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 义项5读作 /grɑːv/,除此外读作/greɪv/。
1 N-COUNT 墓穴；坟墓；埋葬处 A grave is a place where a dead person is buried. 墓穴；坟墓；埋葬处

  • They used to visit her grave twice a year.

    他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。

SYN tomb, vault, crypt, mausoleum
2 N-COUNT [oft to N] 死亡;终结 You can refer to some-one's death as their grave or to death as the grave . 死亡;终结

  • ...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。

3 ADJ-GRADED 严重的；重大的；严峻的 A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying. 严重的；重大的；严峻的

  • 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。

SYN serious, important, significant, critical
gravely

  • They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government.

    他们严重地损害了政府的信誉。

4 ADJ-GRADED 严肃的；表情沉重的 A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour. 严肃的；表情沉重的

  • 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。

gravely

  • 'I think I've covered that business more than adequately,' he said gravely.

    “我想我已经把那件事说得够详细了，”他正色说道。

5 ADJ [ADJ n] . 重音符;抑音符;沉音符 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' . 重音符;抑音符;沉音符
6 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 自掘坟墓；自取灭亡 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. 自掘坟墓；自取灭亡

  • 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。

7 PHRASE 九泉之下不得安宁 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. 九泉之下不得安宁

  • 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。

8 from the cradle to the grave→see: cradle 
Quotations
The grave's a fine and private place,
But none do there, I think, embrace Andrew Marvell To his Coy Mistress
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IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRAVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤deep, shallow深墓穴；淺墓穴◇The body was found in a shallow grave.這具屍體是在一個淺墓穴中發現的。➤open敞開的墓穴◇The mourners threw flowers into the open grave.哀悼者把鮮花投進未掩埋的墓穴。➤fresh, freshly dug新墓穴；新挖的墓穴▸➤unmarked無碑刻的墳墓◇His body is buried in an unmarked grave.他的屍體埋在一個沒有標記的墳墓中。➤common, communal, mass公共墓地；集體墓地；萬人塚◇A mass grave has been discovered outside the town.城外發現了一個萬人坑。➤watery葬身水中◇He rescued her from a watery grave (= saved her from drowning).他把她從水中救起。➤early過早死去◇She smoked herself into an early grave (= died young as a result of smoking).她因吸煙而過早離世。VERB + GRAVE➤dig挖掘墓穴▸➤mark標記墓穴◇The grave was marked by a simple headstone.墳墓上只豎着一塊簡陋的墓碑。➤desecrate褻瀆墳墓◇Some of the graves have been desecrated by vandals.一些墓穴被人肆意破壞了。➤visit上墳；掃墓◇Whenever he goes home he visits his mother's grave.他每次回家都給母親上墳。PREPOSITION➤beyond the grave死後◇The old lady still influences the family from beyond the grave.這個老太太死後仍影響着全家。➤in a/the grave在墓中◇I'll be in my grave by the time that happens!到那時候我已經命喪黃泉了！➤on a/the grave在墳上◇She puts fresh flowers on her husband's grave every Sunday.她每週日都要在丈夫的墳頭上放一些鮮花。
IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave adj.
⇨ serious 1 (a grave error) ⇨ serious 2 (a grave manner)
IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave
Making you feel worried: serious, severe, grave...
Serious, severe and extreme: serious, severe, extreme...
Words used to describe facial expressions: absent, appealing, beatific...
Graves, tombs and burial places: barrow, burial ground, cemetery...
Death and general words relating to death: morbidity, death, mortality...
Written symbols on letters of alphabets: accent, acute, cedilla...

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