1[uncountableU]SAD/UNHAPPY a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened to you 悲伤,悲痛 → grief
great/deep sorrow
a time of great sorrow
万分悲痛的时刻
sorrow at
He expressed his sorrow at my father’s death.
他对我父亲的去世表示悲痛。
sorrow for
Claudia felt a deep pang of sorrow for the woman.
克劳迪娅为这女人感到一阵深切的悲伤。
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In everyday English, people usually say sadness rather than sorrow: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 sadness ,而不说 sorrow
She talked about her sadness after his death.
她谈起了他死后她的悲痛心情。
2[countableC]SAD/UNHAPPY an event or situation that makes you feel great sadness 令人悲伤的事,不幸
the family’s joys and sorrows
这家人的喜与悲
3more in sorrow than in angerDISAPPOINTEDSAD/UNHAPPYin a way that shows you are sad or disappointed rather than angry about a particular situation 〔对某事〕悲哀多于愤怒
He said that his decision to resign was made more in sorrow than in anger.
sorrow• She tried to drive the thought from her mind, feeling an all-too familiarsurge of anger and sorrow.• A long, painfuljourney has led them to this point, one filled with heartache and sorrow.• Her life was filled with heartache and sorrow.• We shared all of our family's joys and sorrows.• Similarly the threat of a lossarousesanxiety and actual loss causessorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger.• The deepsorrow she felt was obvious in the expression of her face.• They intuit what it must be like feeling sorrow so far from home.• Six weeks later we heard, to our great sorrow, that he had died.• He turned quickly away, more in sorrow than in anger.• Because her only defence was to turn him against her, she realised with a pang of sorrow.• Each seemed possessed by a serenesorrow, and in a moment he learnedwhy.• And when she awoke, her face was moisturewet, as if she had been weeping for some sorrow all night long.• Before them stood a crowd of overjoyed neighbours who had shared their sorrow and now could share in their happiness.
great/deep sorrow• Her mind went back to Mac MacFadyen, and she felt a deep sorrow for him.• Again he touched his cheek, but this time he felt no anger, merely a deep sorrow.• And the humanswell of anger and deep sorrow has been screened directly into our living rooms.• I felt great sorrow for Jerome.• As he looked at Katherine, great sorrowclouded his eyes.• It is my great sorrow, and makes my life very unhappy.• I know that he can not take away the deep sorrow that seems to circle around me everywhere I go.• Thus great sorrows for their children and grandchildren came upon Cadmus and Harmonia in old age after great prosperity.
sorrow2 verb [intransitiveI]
literarySAD/UNHAPPY to feel or expresssorrow 感到悲伤;表示悲伤
sorrow over
Her friend was sorrowing over the loss of a child.
她的朋友在为失去孩子感到悲痛。
sorrowing parents
悲伤的父母
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sorrow• She told about a woman in her griefcounseling group, who was also sorrowing over the loss of a child.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SORROW | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep, genuine, great, immense, profound, terrible, tremendous, unbearable深切的悲痛;巨大的悲痛;萬分悲痛;難以承受的悲痛◇He wrote to the dead man's mother expressing his deep sorrow.他寫信給死者的母親表達他深切的悲痛。VERB + SORROW➤feel感到悲傷◇I felt no sorrow for her.我並不為她感到悲傷。➤express表達悲痛▸➤share分擔悲痛◇She wanted to share his sorrow.她想分擔他的悲痛。➤hide掩藏悲傷◇I couldn't hide my sorrow and anger.我無法掩藏我的悲傷與憤怒。➤drown (figurative) 借酒澆愁◇Alex decided to drown his sorrows in beer.亞歷克斯決定要借啤酒來澆愁。➤bring, cause帶來/造成不幸◇The war brought sorrow to millions.戰爭給數以百萬計的人帶來了不幸。PREPOSITION➤to sb's sorrow令某人悲傷的是◇To his great sorrow he could not remember his mother.令他難過萬分的是他記不起他的母親了。➤with sorrow悲傷地◇They accepted the decision with sorrow.他們傷心地接受了這個決定。➤sorrow at因⋯感到悲傷◇his sorrow at having to quit his job他對不得不辭去職務感到的悲傷PHRASES➤an expression of sorrow, a look of sorrow悲痛的表情◇His eyes took on an expression of sorrow.他的眼睛充滿憂傷。➤a feeling of sorrow, a pang of sorrow一陣悲痛◇Claudia felt a deep pang of sorrow for her sister.克勞迪婭為她的姐姐深感悲痛。➤full of sorrow充滿悲傷◇He looked at Katherine, his eyes full of sorrow.他看着凱瑟琳,眼裏充滿了憂傷。➤tears of sorrow悲傷的淚水◇Tears of relief were mixed with tears of sorrow.寬慰的淚水和悲傷的淚水混在了一起。➤a time of sorrow悲痛的時刻◇This is a time of great sorrow for all the family.這是全家人悲痛萬分的時刻。