sorrow

['sɔrəu]

n.悲伤, 悲痛, 懊悔, 伤心事
vi.悲伤, 惋惜,悔恨

n.

1. 悲痛, 悲哀, 悲伤, 忧伤[U][(+at/for/over)]

She felt sorrow at the death of her aunt.

她对姑母去世感到悲痛。

He was full of sorrow.

他非常伤心。

2. 伤心事, 不幸的事; 悲伤的原因[C][P1][(+to)]

The many sorrows turned her hair white.

这许许多多不幸的事使她的头发变白了。

3. 懊悔; 遗憾[U][(+for/over)]

vi.

感到悲伤; 懊悔; 遗憾[(+at/for/over)]

She sorrowed over her beloved child's death.

她痛失爱子。

词形变化

名词: sorrower | 动词过去式: sorrowed | 动词过去分词: sorrowed | 动词现在分词: sorrowing | 动词第三人称单数: sorrows |

词义辨析

同义:

n.悲痛, 忧伤

grief  sadness  regret  trouble  misfortune  suffering  woe  anguish  misery  agony  remorse  

同义参见:

mope  desolation  gloom  depression  grieve  oppression  guilt  bleed  mourn  disappointment  pity  lament  penitence  

反义:

n.悲痛悲伤; 伤心事

joy  

反义参见:

happiness  delight  mirth  

英英释义

名词 sorrow:

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

同义词：regret, rue, ruefulness

something that causes great unhappiness

同义词：grief

the state of being sad

同义词：sadness, sorrowfulness

动词 sorrow:

feel grief; eat one's heart out

同义词：grieve

补充

sorrowsorrow英:[ˈsɔrəu] 美:[ˈsɑro, ˈsɔro]n.1.悲痛, 悲伤; 遗憾, 懊悔I must convert sorrow into strength.我要化悲痛为力量。2.不幸的事; 忧患The many sorrows turned her hair white.这许多的不幸事使她的头发变白了。

例句

1. Words cannot express my sorrow.语言无法表达我的悲伤。 2. We express our deepest sorrow for the incident.对于这次事件, 我们深表悲痛。 3. He sorrowed to realise that he would live in poverty.他意识到自己将生活在贫穷之中, 感到痛心。 4. to sorrow at a bad news对噩耗感到悲伤 5. I sorrow for his death.我对他的去世感到伤心。 6. They sorrowed for his death at his grave.他们在他的墓前为他哀悼。 7. to sorrow his young life为其英年早逝而悲痛 8. a bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow.失去亲人的人需要一段时间来克服悲痛。 9. it was a great sorrow to her when they separated.对她来说，他们分手是件极其伤心的事情。 10. [as adj. sorrowing]the sorrowing widower found it hard to relate to his sons.悲伤的鳏夫发现很难向儿子们叙述这件事情。 11. I felt sorrow at/over the death of my friend.我因朋友去世而悲伤。 12. an expression of sorrow悲痛的表情 13. (chiefly Brit) He spoke more in sorrow than in anger. [=because of sadness or disappointment rather than anger]他这番话是出于悲哀而不是生气。 14. a life filled with joys and sorrows悲喜交加的生活 15. She had a secret sorrow.她的伤心事不为人知。 16. He went to the bar to drown his sorrows. [=to forget about the things that were making him sad by getting drunk]他去酒吧借酒浇愁。 17. "a sorrowing mother, grieving over the death of her son"遭受丧子之痛感到悲伤的母亲