c. 1300, from Anglo-French grevous (Old French grevos) "heavy, large, weighty; hard, difficult, toilsome," from grief (see grief). Legal term grievous bodily harm attested from 1803.
雙語例句
1. Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
莫里斯先生說遇難者因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)極其嚴(yán)重的失誤而遭遇不幸。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries.
失去它們將會(huì)是對我們工程行業(yè)的一個(gè)沉重打擊。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
他們兩人都被判造成他人嚴(yán)重人身傷害的罪名成立。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
他曾遭受極不公正的待遇。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.