graver

英 [ˈgreɪvə]

美 [ˈgreɪvər]

adj.  严重的; 重大的; 严峻的; 深切的; 严肃的; 庄严的; 表情沉重的
grave的比较级

复数：gravers　

医学

柯林斯词典

Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 义项5读作 /grɑːv/,除此外读作/greɪv/。


• N-COUNT 墓穴；坟墓；埋葬处
  Agraveis a place where a dead person is buried.
  1. They used to visit her grave twice a year.
     他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。
• N-COUNT 死亡;终结
  You can refer to some-one's death as theirgraveor to death asthe grave.
  1. ...drinking yourself to an early grave...
     纵酒而自折其寿
  2. Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
     大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。
• ADJ-GRADED 严重的；重大的；严峻的
  Agraveevent or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
  1. He said that the situation in his country is very grave...
     他说他的国家情况十分危急。
  2. I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.
     我对这些文件能否说明所有的问题深表怀疑。
• ADJ-GRADED 严肃的；表情沉重的
  Agraveperson is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
  1. William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave...
     威廉在屋顶上呆了一段时间，他下来的时候面色凝重。
  2. Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
     她忐忑不安地审视着他异常严肃的脸色。
• . 重音符;抑音符;沉音符
  In some languages such as French, agraveaccent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'
• PHRASE 自掘坟墓；自取灭亡
  If you say that someoneis diggingtheirown grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
  1. The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.
     这份杂志并非想断送他的事业，而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
• PHRASE 九泉之下不得安宁
  If you say that someone who is dead wouldturn intheirgrave atsomething that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
  1. Darwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name.
     一想到冒他之名所做下的那些事，达尔文在九泉之下一定不得安宁。
• from the cradle to the grave→ see:cradle

英英释义

noun

• a tool used by an engraver
  Synonym:graving toolpointelpointrel

双语例句

• Rivals have also faced graver problems over the past couple of years, such as a tragic sinking and engine fires.
  过去几年，其他游轮公司面临过较为严重的问题，如悲剧性的沉船事故和引擎起火事件。
• Apart from the naivety of Lula's foreign policy in South America, there are two graver reasons why Brazil's president has lost his shine.
  撇开卢拉幼稚的拉美外交政策不谈，有两个更严重的原因使得巴西总统的风采不再。
• Solomon looked a little graver as he finished his dinner, and glanced from time to time at the boy's bright face.
  所罗门吃完晚饭的时候，神情比刚才沉着一些；他不时向孩子快活的脸看一眼。
• Vacuum brazed diamond graver is used to grave all kinds of stones.
  钎焊雕刻刀用于雕刻各种石头。
• But I think your face looks graver than mine.
  可我觉得你的脸色比我还差。
• The red portion of the gift is from the hand-carved stone by graver and hand-sealed on the rice paper by inkpad.
  红色的部分是用刻刀在石头上雕刻而成，并用印泥盖在宣纸上。
• Now graver matters are taking over.
  而现在，这已让位于更为严重的问题。
• It is widely acknowledged that the Internet is a double-edged sword, bringing new opportunities and hopes for the mankind, but simultaneously new troubles and problems. Inevitably, this constitutes graver challenges for the protection of privacy in the network environment.
  众所周知，网络技术是一把双刃剑，它的发展给人类带来了新的机遇和希望，也带来了新的问题和困扰，给网络环境下个人隐私权带来了更为严重的冲击和挑战。
• Stone is a kind of knife is doing it to stone painting category for the paper, the inevitable will be graver, and stone of the constraints and impact.
  画像石是一种以刀代笔、以石为纸的绘画门类，其不可避免的会受到刻刀和石料的制约和影响。
• I learn to use with more and more facility the pencil, brush, and graver.
  我学会越来越灵巧地运用铅笔、画笔和雕刻刀。