feeling of sadness or distress caused especially by loss, regret, etc.
Noun:
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement;he tried to express his sorrow at her loss
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;he drank to drown his sorrows
he wrote a note expressing his regret
to his rue, the error cost him the game
something that causes great unhappiness;her death was a great grief to John
the state of being sad;she tired of his perpetual sadness
Verb:
feel grief
n.名词
sorrow, grief, sadness这组词的共同意思是“悲哀”,都表示由于受到伤害或损失而引起的悲伤的感情。
1.sadness是表示“悲痛”“难过”的普通用语,可指暂时的悲痛,也可指长久的悲痛,还可指无原因的意志消沉; sorrow主要用于失去亲人或痛苦的经历而引发的悲痛; grief主要指由突发事件引起的悲痛。
2.grief语气最强,可表示“悲痛欲绝”; sorrow次之; sadness程度较弱,可指一般的“遗憾”。
agony，anguish，torment，torture，grief，misery，distress，sorrow这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。
agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。
直接源自古英语的sorg，意为悲伤。
用作名词 n.
动词+～cause the sorrow引起伤心事express〔show〕 the sorrow表示悲痛feel the sorrow感到伤心形容词+～the deep sorrow深切的悲痛the keen〔profound〕 sorrow巨大的悲痛the personal sorrow个人的伤心事～+介词the sorrow at对…的悲痛
近义词 blowgrief反义词 joy欢乐
用作名词n.We must convert sorrow into strength.我们要化悲痛为力量。
It caused much sorrow to his mother.这使他的妈妈大为伤心。
He expressed sorrow for his mistakes.他对错误表示遗憾。
The many sorrows turned her hair white.这许多的不幸事使她的头发变白了。
The Yellow River was formally called China's Sorrow.黄河从前被称为中国的忧患。
动词91%,名词9%
用作名词He wrung his hands insorrow.他悲伤地绞紧双手。
He hanged himself insorrowafter his wife died.妻子死后，他因悲伤而自缢。
Life has many joys andsorrows.人生有许多欢乐和悲伤。
At last she keened hersorrowto me.终于她向我哭诉了悲痛之情。
He expressed hissorrowfor what he had done.他对自己所做的事情表示懊悔。
The remembrance of pastsorrowis joyful.昔日伤心事，思之有乐趣。
She was certain that some romanticsorrowhad blighted his life and made him hard and bitter , and she felt that what he needed was the love of a good woman.她深信一定有某种罗曼蒂克的伤心事把他的生活给毁了，才使他变得这样强硬而苛刻，而他目前最需要的是一个好女人的爱。用作不及物动词Wesorrowover the death of his son.我们都为他儿子死感到悲伤。
The busy bee has no time forsorrow.忙碌的蜜蜂没有时间悔恨。 These were things she sought for years and sorrowed after.
这本是她多年的梦想，不料会充满伤悲。 www.hetz.gov.cn
When one of my dogs died, the other one sorrowed.
我的一条狗死了，另一条很悲伤。 sparke
He sorrowed over the lost money.
他因为丢钱而悲伤。 hotdic
Only those who have sorrowed know how tender is the “ Man of Sorrows.”
只有曾经过忧患的人，能认识「忧患之子」。 cccfc.org
They sorrowed for his death at his grave.
他们在他的墓前为他哀悼。《21世纪大英汉词典》