grief
/gri:f; ɡrif/ n
1 [U] ~ (over/at sth) deep or violent sorrow 忧伤; 悲伤
driven almost insane by grief over/at his death 因他死去而悲伤得几乎发狂 * die of grief 忧伤而死.
2 [C] event causing such feelings 引起忧伤、 悲伤的事; 伤心事
His marriage to someone outside their faith was a great grief to his parents. 他娶了异教徒是他父母的一大伤心事.
3 (idm 习语) come to `grief (infml 口)
(a) end in failure 终归失败; 以失败告终
All his little schemes for making money seem to come to grief. 他为赚钱而耍的花招儿看来都要失败.
(b) have an accident; fall down, crash, etc 出事故; 遭意外; 跌倒; 碰撞等
Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了. good`grief! (infml 口) (exclamation of surprise and (usu mild) dismay) 表示惊奇和（通常为轻度的）惊恐的感叹语.