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.
双语例句
1. Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
莫里斯先生说遇难者因为一个极其严重的失误而遭遇不幸。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries.
失去它们将会是对我们工程行业的一个沉重打击。
来自柯林斯例句
3. They were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm.
他们两人都被判造成他人严重人身伤害的罪名成立。
来自柯林斯例句
4. He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
他曾遭受极不公正的待遇。
来自《权威词典》
5. He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.
