grief-stricken

IPA/ˈɡriːf strɪkən/
IPA/ˈɡriːf strɪkən/

grief-stricken — 形容詞

1. feeling such painful sadness that you can barely function, usually after someone

1.形容詞C1
釋義

悲痛欲絕的

因親人死亡或重大失去而極度悲傷

feeling such painful sadness that you can barely function, usually after someone close to you has died or after another devastating loss.

例句

Adaeze was grief-stricken when her grandmother passed away last spring.

去年春天 Adaeze 的祖母過世時，她悲痛欲絕。

predicative: be grief-stricken when + clause about a death

The grief-stricken parents asked reporters to leave the hospital waiting room.

那對悲痛欲絕的父母請記者離開醫院候診室。

attributive: grief-stricken + noun (people affected by loss)

常見搭配
  • grief-stricken family
  • grief-stricken widow
  • grief-stricken parents
  • grief-stricken at the news
  • grief-stricken over the loss
  • look grief-stricken
  • appear grief-stricken
同義詞
  • heartbroken

    broader — covers romantic loss and disappointment, not only bereavement

  • bereaved

    neutral / formal — names the state of having lost someone, without naming the emotion

  • inconsolable

    focuses on the impossibility of comfort, regardless of cause

  • devastated

    more general — any crushing shock, not specifically grief from death

反義詞
  • elated

    the emotional opposite: intensely happy

  • unaffected

    describes someone who feels no emotional impact from the event

文法句型

be grief-stricken

grief-stricken + noun

grief-stricken at/by/over + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used about loss caused by death or a comparable disaster; do not use for everyday disappointment. Frequently followed by a phrase naming the loss with 'at', 'by', or 'over'.

常見錯誤

Selim was grief-stricken when his team lost the match.
Selim was disappointed when his team lost the match.
grief-stricken is reserved for deep loss, usually a death, not minor setbacks.
a grief-stricken news
sad news' or 'the grief-stricken family received the news
grief-stricken describes people who feel grief, not the event or information itself.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • grief-stricken family
  • grief-stricken widow
  • grief-stricken parents
  • grief-stricken relatives
  • grief-stricken survivors

副詞搭配

  • utterly grief-stricken
  • absolutely grief-stricken
  • visibly grief-stricken

常用片語

  • look grief-stricken
  • appear grief-stricken
  • the grief-stricken family

介系詞搭配

  • grief-stricken at
  • grief-stricken by
  • grief-stricken over