sorrow
英 ['sɒrəʊ]
美['sɔro]
- n. 悲伤；懊悔；伤心事
- vi. 懊悔；遗憾；感到悲伤
- vt. 为…悲痛
英英释义
- 1. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement;
- "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
- 2. 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"
- 3. something that causes great unhappiness;
- "her death was a great grief to John"
- 4. the state of being sad;
- "she tired of his perpetual sadness"
同义词辨析
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。
考试真题
- A terrible sorrow washed over me.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.
2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文
实用场景例句
- He expressed his sorrow at the news of her death.
- 听到她的死讯，他表示哀伤。
牛津词典
- They said that the decision was made more in sorrow than in anger .
- 他们说作出这个决定，与其说是出于气愤，不如说是出于悲伤。
牛津词典
- the joys and sorrows of childhood
- 童年的欢乐和悲伤
牛津词典
- the sorrowing relatives
- 悲伤的亲属
牛津词典
- It was a time of great sorrow...
- 这是一个非常悲伤的时刻。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Words cannot express my sorrow.
- 言语无法表达我的哀伤。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She found that hard work was the best way to take her mind off her sorrow.
- 她发现努力工作是使她忘却悲伤的最好办法.
期刊摘选
- Trembling with cold and hunger crept she on & def the picture of sorrow: poor little child!
- 她又饿又冷,哆哆 嗦嗦 地向前走着,这是一幅非常凄惨的景象: 可怜的小姑娘!
期刊摘选
- Sorrow is the main sentimental feature of Luyin and her works.
- 悲哀是庐隐及其艺术的主要的情感特征.
期刊摘选
- Sorrow has left its 5 print on her face.
- 悲伤在她脸上留下痕迹.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A thread of sorrow winds through her poetry.
- 她的诗流露出一缕忧思.
《简明英汉词典》
- I must convert sorrow into strength.
- 我要化悲痛为力量.
《简明英汉词典》
- Every man yearns for sympathy in sorrow.
- 每个遇到不幸的人都渴望得到同情.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I feel for [ with ] him in his sorrow.
- 我为他的不幸而难过.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Our feelings of happiness and sorrow are soon lost in the whirligig of time.
- 我们感情上的悲欢会随着时间的流逝很快消失.
《简明英汉词典》
- The composer expresses his sorrow in his music.
- 这位作曲家用音乐表达他的悲伤.
《简明英汉词典》
- Sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid.
- 悲伤使许多人泪水盈眶.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Your visit will take away the sting of her sorrow.
- 您的来访会消除她的悲伤.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Sighing for sorrow can be harmful.
- 悲伤叹息会伤害身体.
《简明英汉词典》
- She charmed away his sorrow.
- 她驱走了他的悲伤.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She longed to be alone that she might give full vent to her sorrow and despair.
- 她渴望独处,以便充分发泄悲痛和失望的心情.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Time blunts the edge of sorrow.
- 时间会减缓悲痛.
《简明英汉词典》
- She assumed a look of sorrow.
- 她假装着悲伤的样子.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- It helps to share your sorrow with someone else.
- 向他人诉说你的痛苦对你是有益的.
《简明英汉词典》
- I think she did it more in sorrow than in anger.
- 我觉得她这样做更多是出于悲哀而不是愤恨.
《简明英汉词典》
- She was whelmed in sorrow.
- 她沉浸在忧愁中.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- When her child died, her cup of sorrow seemed complete.
- 孩子死后, 她陷入极度悲痛中.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
中文词源
sorrow 悲伤，悲痛
来自古英语 sorg,悲伤，悲痛，来自 Proto-Germanic*surgo,担心，痛苦，关切，来自 PIE*swergh, 照看，照顾，操心。该词与 sore 虽然在词义上有所重合，但是不属于同源词，该词在词源 上指担心别人而引起的悲痛，而 sore 在词源上指自己的痛苦所造成的疼痛。
双语例句
- 1. He always woke with a sense of deep sorrow and depressing loss.
- 他醒来时总是满怀哀愁，抑郁惆怅。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Gertrude now clearly felt that she had obtruded her sorrow.
- 格特鲁德此时明显察觉自己的悲伤情绪已影响到他人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He felt a great weight of sorrow inside him.
- 他内心感到极为沉痛.
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. As he looked at Katherine, great sorrow clouded his eyes.
- 他看着凯瑟琳，满眼忧伤。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.
- “啊，我有时会感到绝望，”他假装悲伤地说。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- sorrow (n.)
- Old English sorg "grief, regret, trouble, care, pain, anxiety," from Proto-Germanic *sorg- (cognates: Old Saxon sorga, Old Norse sorg, Middle Dutch sorghe, Dutch zorg, Old High German soraga, German sorge, Gothic saurga), perhaps from PIE *swergh- "to worry, be sick" (cognates: Sanskrit surksati "cares for," Lithuanian sergu "to be sick," Old Church Slavonic sraga "sickness," Old Irish serg "sickness"). Not connected etymologically with sore (adj.) or sorry.
- sorrow (v.)
- Old English sorgian, from sorg (see sorrow (n.)). Related: Sorrowed; sorrowing. Compare Dutch zorgen, German sorgen, Gothic saurgan.
词态变化
复数: sorrows;