詞彙精選：grave的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adj.

重大的，重要的；嚴重的

例句：

The consequences of such inequity could be grave.

這種不公平現象將會產生嚴重的社會影響。

例句：

His illness assumed a very grave character.

他的病顯得非常的嚴重。

嚴肅的

例句：

Even the grave old gentleman could not suppress a laugh.

連那位嚴肅的老紳士都禁不住笑了。

例句：

He thought of Jim's grave foxy face.

他想到了吉姆那張嚴肅、狡黠的臉。

n.

墳墓，墓穴

例句：

The wooden stakes designate the edge of the ancient grave.

木樁標識了古墓的邊界。

例句：

That old man already has one foot in the grave.

那老人已是一隻腳踏入棺材裏。

下場；死亡

例句：

Life is a battle from cradle to grave.

人生是一場從生到死的戰鬥。

例句：

A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

禍從口出。

v.

雕刻；銘記 [T]

例句：

Just another life saved from forgetfulness graved well better than with a sword in Abraham's memory.

恰是由於忘性而被挽救的另一條性命比用劍（救）更深刻地銘記在亞伯拉罕的記憶中了。

例句：

It is still considered lucky for a young man to present his financee with the wooden clappers graved with love-poems.

人們仍然認爲，年輕男子送給未婚妻刻滿情詩的木製棒槌是吉利的。

二、詞義辨析：

earnest,serious,grave,severe,solemn,sober

這些形容詞均有“嚴肅的”之意。earnest指嚴肅，認真，含誠懇和熱情意味。serious指具有關鍵、嚴肅或嚴重意義的事情。grave側重嚴肅和尊嚴，需要認真思考，含令人擔憂意味。severe指面孔的嚴肅，法律的嚴厲，傷病的嚴重。着重嚴厲性，無絲毫溫情。solemn指人表情或場景氣氛嚴肅，側重威嚴名印象深刻。sober側重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表現出的莊重。

三、相關短語：

grave accent

n.重音符

四、參考例句：

His grave is snowed down with flowers.

他的墓上撤滿鮮花。

Is there life beyond the grave?

人死後有來生嗎？

Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.

她不安地審視着他那張異常嚴肅的臉。

Jackson reacted with expressions of grave concern .

傑克遜對此表示了嚴重的關切。

His illness assumed a very grave character.

他的病顯得非常的嚴重。

Her grave is covered with flowers.

她的墓地上長滿了花。

The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.

這局勢對世界和平構成了嚴重的威脅。

A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

禍從口出。

His grave is marked by a fine stela.

他的墓前有一塊精緻的石碑。

Even the grave old gentleman could not suppress a laugh.

連那位嚴肅的老紳士都禁不住笑了。