sorrow

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sor·row1 /ˈsɒrəʊ $ ˈsɑːroʊ, ˈsɔː-/ noun

1 [uncountableU]SAD/UNHAPPY a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened to you 悲傷，悲痛 → grief

great/deep sorrow

a time of great sorrow

萬分悲痛的時刻

sorrow at

He expressed his sorrow at my father’s death.

他對我父親的去世表示悲痛。

sorrow for

Claudia felt a deep pang of sorrow for the woman.

克勞迪娅爲這女人感到一陣深切的悲傷。

In everyday English, people usually say sadness rather than sorrow: 在日常英語中,人們一般說 sadness ,而不說 sorrow

She talked about her sadness after his death.

她談起了他死後她的悲痛心情。

2 [countableC]SAD/UNHAPPY an event or situation that makes you feel great sadness 令人悲傷的事，不幸

the family’s joys and sorrows

這家人的喜與悲

3 more in sorrow than in anger DISAPPOINTEDSAD/UNHAPPYin a way that shows you are sad or disappointed rather than angry about a particular situation 〔對某事〕悲哀多於憤怒

He said that his decision to resign was made more in sorrow than in anger.

他說他作出辭職的決定與其說是出於氣憤，不如說是因爲悲傷。

→ drown your sorrows at drown(5)

Examples from the Corpus

sorrow• She tried to drive the thought from her mind, feeling an all-too familiar surge of anger and sorrow.• A long, painful journey 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 loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger.• The deep sorrow 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 serene sorrow, and in a moment he learned why.• And when she awoke, her face was moisture wet, 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 human swell 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 sorrow clouded 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 express sorrow 感到悲傷；表示悲傷

sorrow over

Her friend was sorrowing over the loss of a child.

她的朋友在爲失去孩子感到悲痛。

sorrowing parents

悲傷的父母

Examples from the Corpus

sorrow• She told about a woman in her grief counseling group, who was also sorrowing over the loss of a child.

Origin sorrow1

Old English sorg

sor·row1 noun →REGISTER1sorrow2 verb

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