剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - grave collapse

grave
/greɪv/
noun [C]
I
* a place in the ground where a dead person is buried
坟墓；墓穴；埋葬处

1. a mass grave
万人坑

2. an unmarked grave
无名墓

3. a grave digger
掘墓者

4. He visits his mother's grave every Sunday.
他每个星期天都去母亲墓前拜祭。

/greɪv/
noun [C]
beyond the grave
* after death
死后

1. Do you think there's life beyond the grave?
你认为人死后有来生吗？

/greɪv/
noun [C]
turn in your grave UK (US turn over/spin in your grave)
* If you say that a dead person would turn in their grave, you mean that they would be very angry or upset about something if they knew about it
在九泉之下也不得安宁；气得（或由于不安）在坟墓中辗转反侧；将死人气活

1. She'd turn in her grave if she knew what he was spending his inheritance on.
如果得知他是如何挥霍她留下的遗产的，她在九泉之下也不得安宁。

/greɪv/
adjective
* seriously bad
严重的；重大的；严峻的

1. a grave situation
严峻的形势

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - grave collapse

grave ★★★☆☆
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 可数名词墓穴；坟墓；埋葬处 A grave is a place where a dead person is buried.

  • They used to visit her grave twice a year.

    他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。

2.N-COUNT 可数名词死亡;终结 You can refer to some-one's death as their grave or to death as the grave .

【搭配模式】：oft to N

  • ...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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词严重的；重大的；严峻的 A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.

  • 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。

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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词严肃的；表情沉重的 A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.

  • 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 形容词. 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'

【搭配模式】：ADJ n
    6.PHRASE 短语自掘坟墓；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.

    【搭配模式】：V and N inflect

    • 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 短语九泉之下不得安宁 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.

    【搭配模式】：V and N inflect

    • 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;

      牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - grave collapse

      ☞ grave
      grave¹ / ^reiv /
      ⇨ see also grave ²noun1. a place in the ground where a dead person is buried
         坟墓；墓穴；坟头:
         We visited Grandma's grave.
         我们给祖母扫了墓。
         There were flowers on the grave.
         坟上有些花。
      2. [sing.] (often the grave) (usually literary) death; a person's death
         死亡；去世；逝世:
         Is there life beyond the grave (= life after death) ?
         人死后有来生吗？
         He followed her to the grave (= died soon after her).
         他紧跟着她离开了人世。
         She smoked herself into an early grave (= died young as a result of smoking).
         她因抽烟而早逝。
       IDIOMS 
      ▪ turn in his / her 'grave
      (BrE) (NAmE roll in his / her 'grave) (of a person who is dead 亡者)
         likely to be very shocked or angry
         九泉之下不得安宁:
         My father would turn in his grave if he knew.
         我父亲知道的话在九泉之下也会不得安宁的。
      ⇨ more at cradle n., dig v., foot n. adjective (graver, grav·est) (formal)
      1. (of situations, feelings, etc. 形势、感情等) very serious and important; giving you a reason to feel worried
         严重的；重大的；严峻的；深切的:
         The police have expressed grave concern about the missing child's safety.
         警方对失踪孩子的安全深表关注。
         The consequences will be very grave if nothing is done.
         如果不采取任何措施后果将会是非常严重的。
         We were in grave danger.
         我们处于极大的危险之中。
      2. (of people 人) serious in manner, as if sth sad, important or worrying has just happened
         严肃的；庄严的；表情沉重的:
         He looked very grave as he entered the room.
         他进屋时表情非常严肃。
      ⇨ see also gravity (3)
      ⇨ note at serious
      • grave·ly adv.:
         She is gravely ill.
         她病得很重。
         Local people are gravely concerned.
         当地人都深感不安。
         He nodded gravely as I poured out my troubles.
         我倾诉我的苦恼时他心情沉重地点了点头。  grave² / ^rB:v / (also 7grave 'accent) noun
         a mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the e in the French word père
         钝重音符；沉音符；抑音符
      ⇨ compare acute accent , circumflex , tilde , umlaut
      ⇨ see also grave ¹

      牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - grave collapse

      grave

      I. noun

      • ADJECTIVE deep, shallow The body was found in a shallow ~. | open The mourners threw flowers into the open ~. | fresh, freshly dug | unmarked His body is buried in an unmarked ~. | common, communal (esp. BrE), mass A mass ~ has been discovered outside the town. | watery He rescued her from a watery ~ (= saved her from drowning). | early She smoked herself into an early ~ (= died young as a result of smoking).

      • VERB + GRAVE dig | mark The ~ was marked by a simple headstone. | desecrate Some of the ~s have been desecrated by vandals. | visit Whenever he goes home he visits his mother's ~.

      • PREPOSITION beyond the ~ The old lady still influences the family from beyond the ~. | in a/the ~ I'll be in my ~ by the time that happens! | on a/the ~ She puts fresh flowers on her husband's ~ every Sunday.

      II. adj.
      Grave is used with these nouns: breach, charge, concern, consequence, crime, crisis, danger, difficulty, disadvantage, disappointment, disservice, doubt, error, face, implication, injustice, insult, miscalculation, misgivings, mistake, offence, peril, problem, reservation, responsibility, risk, sin, situation, suspicion, threat, violation

      The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - grave collapse

      grave
       see dig one's own grave; from the cradle to the grave; one foot in the grave, have; turn in one's grave.

      牛津英语同义词学习词典 - grave collapse

      grave adj.
      ⇨ serious 1 (a grave error) ⇨ serious 2 (a grave manner)

      新牛津英语同义词词典 - grave collapse

      grave1

      noun
      a cross marks the grave
      BURYING PLACE , tomb, sepulchre, vault, burial chamber, burial pit, mausoleum, crypt, catacomb; last home, last resting place; historical tumulus, barrow; rare undercroft.       sepulchral.

      grave2

      adjective
      1 a grave matter
      SERIOUS , important, all-important, profound, significant, momentous, weighty, of great consequence; vital, crucial, critical, acute; urgent, pressing, exigent; pivotal, precarious, touch-and-go, life-and-death, in the balance; dire, terrible, awful, dreadful, alarming, drastic, sore; perilous, hazardous, dangerous, threatening, menacing, risky; informal dicey, hairy, iffy, chancy; Brit. informal dodgy; rare egregious.
      -opposite(s): TRIVIAL.

      2 Jackie looked grave
      SOLEMN , earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe; unsmiling, long-faced, stone-faced, grim-faced, grim, gloomy; preoccupied, thoughtful, pensive, subdued, muted, quiet, sedate, dignified, staid, dour, aloof, forbidding.
      -opposite(s): CAREFREE, CHEERFUL.

      词源记忆 - grave collapse

      grave 坟墓
      来自PIE→*ghrebh, 刮，挖，词源同carve, graph。后该词主要指坟墓。

      词源记忆 - grave collapse

      grave 重音符
      来自PIE→*gwere, 重，词源同barometer, gravity。用于音乐术语。