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IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave
grv grɑːv ˈɡrɑːvɪ greɪv ˈgʀɑvɛ
Word forms: plural graves, comparative graver, superlative gravest
Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 義項5讀作 /grɑːv/,除此外讀作/greɪv/
1 N-COUNT

墓穴;墳墓;埋葬處 A grave is a place where a dead person is buried. 墓穴;墳墓;埋葬處
  • They used to visit her grave twice a year.

    他們以前每年去她的墓前憑吊兩次。

2 N-COUNT [oft to N]

死亡;終結 You can refer to some-one's death as their grave or to death as the grave . 死亡;終結
  • ...drinking yourself to an early grave.

    縱酒而自折其壽

  • Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.

    大多數男人甯死都不願承認有依賴感。

3 ADJ-GRADED

嚴重的;重大的;嚴峻的 A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying. 嚴重的;重大的;嚴峻的
  • He said that the situation in his country is very grave.

    他說他的國家情況十分危急。

  • I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.

    我對這些文件能否說明所有的問題深表懷疑。

gravely
  • They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government.

    他們嚴重地損害了政府的信譽。

4 ADJ-GRADED

嚴肅的;表情沉重的 A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour. 嚴肅的;表情沉重的
  • William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave.

    威廉在屋頂上呆了一段時間,他下來的時候面色凝重。

  • Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.

    她忐忑不安地審視着他異常嚴肅的臉色。

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

    我想我已經把那件事說得夠詳細了,他正色說道。

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]

自掘墳墓;自取滅亡 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. 自掘墳墓;自取滅亡
  • The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.

    這份雜志並非想斷送他的事業,而他拒絕接受采訪就是在自毀前程。

7 PHRASE

九泉之下不得安甯 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. 九泉之下不得安甯
  • 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,達爾文在九泉之下一定不得安甯。

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
Trends of grave
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