sorrow

英 ['sɒrəʊ] 美 ['sɔro]
  • n. 悲伤;懊悔;伤心事
  • vi. 懊悔;遗憾;感到悲伤
  • vt. 为…悲痛
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sorrow 悲伤,悲痛

来自古英语 sorg,悲伤,悲痛,来自 Proto-Germanic*surgo,担心,痛苦,关切,来自 PIE*swergh, 照看,照顾,操心。该词与 sore 虽然在词义上有所重合,但是不属于同源词,该词在词源 上指担心别人而引起的悲痛,而 sore 在词源上指自己的痛苦所造成的疼痛。

sorrow (n.)
Old English sorg "grief, regret, trouble, care, pain, anxiety," from Proto-Germanic *sorg- (cognates: Old Saxon sorga, Old Norse sorg, Middle Dutch sorghe, Dutch zorg, Old High German soraga, German sorge, Gothic saurga), perhaps from PIE *swergh- "to worry, be sick" (cognates: Sanskrit surksati "cares for," Lithuanian sergu "to be sick," Old Church Slavonic sraga "sickness," Old Irish serg "sickness"). Not connected etymologically with sore (adj.) or sorry.
sorrow (v.)
Old English sorgian, from sorg (see sorrow (n.)). Related: Sorrowed; sorrowing. Compare Dutch zorgen, German sorgen, Gothic saurgan.
1. He always woke with a sense of deep sorrow and depressing loss.
他醒来时总是满怀哀愁,抑郁惆怅。

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2. Gertrude now clearly felt that she had obtruded her sorrow.
格特鲁德此时明显察觉自己的悲伤情绪已影响到他人。

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3. He felt a great weight of sorrow inside him.
他内心感到极为沉痛.

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4. As he looked at Katherine, great sorrow clouded his eyes.
他看着凯瑟琳,满眼忧伤。

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5. "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.
“啊,我有时会感到绝望,”他假装悲伤地说。

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