音标：[greiv] ；柯林斯词典等级：3 级；牛津三千核心词汇；

n. 墓穴, 坟墓, 终结, 死亡
a. 庄重的, 严肃的, 重大的, 低沉的
vt. 雕刻

n. death of a person
n. a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
s. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
s. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

词型变化：名词复数形式 : graves ; 现在分词 : graving ; 过去式 : graven ; 第三人称单数 : graves ; 过去分词 : graven ; 形容词比较级 : graver ; 形容词最高级 : gravest
考试类型：[四级/六级/考研/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

名词72%

形容词28%

grave的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

She laid the bouquet on the newly turfed grave.她把那束花放置在新铺上草皮的坟墓上。
You are just digging your own grave if you go on smoking so heavily.你继续这样过度吸烟，就是在自掘坟墓。

用作形容词(adj.)

His face was grave when I told him my decision.当我告诉他我的决定时，他的脸色很严肃。
The situation poses a grave threat to world peace.这局势对世界和平构成了严重的威胁。
He announced the news in a grave voice.他用庄重的声音宣布这一消息。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

She laid flowers on the grave.她把花放在坟上。
He weeps over the grave of his brother.他在他哥哥的坟上哭泣。
He drank himself into an early grave.他因喝酒过度而过早死去。

用作形容词(adj.)

用作定语～+ n.

This large rain could have grave consequences.这场大雨会造成严重后果。

用作表语S+be+～

The situation was grave.情况是严重的。
He looks terribly grave.他脸色很严肃。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

She is grave in manner.她举止庄重。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)

dig one's own grave

自取灭亡do sth which causes one's own downfallfrom the cradle to the grave

从生到死from birth to deathhave one foot in the grave

离死不远,行将就木be so old or ill that one is not likely to live much longerturn in one's grave

死后不得安生of a person who is already dead, likely to be offended or angry

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

commit to the grave埋葬
dig one's own grave自掘坟墓
rob a grave盗墓

形容词+～

early grave早死
green grave新坟

介词+～

at the grave在墓地
in one's grave在墓中
on this side of the grave在人世间
over a grave在墓上
from cradle to grave从生到死

～+介词

grave of reputations致使名誉扫地的场所

经典引文

A skull, torn out of the graves nearby.
出自：H. Asquith
The new grave lying by the three short mounds of her little brothers.
出自：M. Mitchell
The mountains against the heaven's grave weight Rise up.
出自：Wordsworth
Maye the springes off waters be grauen awaye.
出自：Bible (Coverdale): Jeremiah

【近义词】

tomb

adj.

【反义词】

adj.

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