grey[ɡrei]
n. 灰色
grief[ɡri:f]
very great sadness, especially at the death of someone
Her grief at her son's death was terrible.
n.
1.(因不幸、丧失等而)悲伤，悲痛，悲叹
2.悲痛的缘由；伤心事
3.不幸，灾难；失败；不幸的结局

考点短语:
1.bring to grief 使失败，使吃苦头，遭受不幸
2.come to grief
1.遭难，倒霉，遭受不幸；失败，受挫
2.受伤，出事故
3.good (或great) grief [委婉语]天啊!哎呀!(表示恐惧、吃惊、诧异的感叹语)

美剧风采
there were some things we would never make sense of.
grief is never an easy burden to bear.
有些事情我们永远也想不明白
悲伤沉重的压在我们的心头

grave[ɡreiv]
a place in the ground where a dead person is buried
We visited Grandma's grave.
(often the grave) (usually literary) death; a person's death
He followed her to the grave (= died soon after her).
She smoked herself into an early grave (= died young as a result of smoking).
adj. 重大的；严肃的；黯淡的
n. 墓穴，坟墓；死亡
vt. 雕刻；铭记

短语:
(as) grave as a judge (或 an owl) 非常严肃；板着脸，不苟言笑

gravestone['greivstəun]
墓碑

engrave[in'ɡreiv]
vt. 雕刻；铭记

昨日重现
2001.6CET-6
He said that they had _____ been obliged to give up the scheme for lack of support.

A.gravely
B.regrettably
C.forcibly
D.graciously

答案 B A adv. 严重地；严肃地；严峻地；沉重地
Badv. 遗憾地；抱歉地；可悲地
Cadv. 用力地；强制地；有说服力地
Dadv. 和蔼地；仁慈地；雅致地

TEM-4
The subject of children starving to death is too _____ to joke about.

A.grim
B.grief
C.shrewd
D.snobbish

答案A
本题解析：
【句意】儿童饿死这一话题太无情, 不该拿来开玩笑。【难点】grim意为""无情的, 冷酷的可怕的""; grief是名词, 意为""悲伤, 悲痛""; shrewd意为"机灵的, 精明的"; snobbish意为"势力的, 媚上欺下的"。"

趣味单词
pest[pest] n. 害虫；有害之物；讨厌的人

短语:
pest on (或 upon) someone 但愿某人遭殃(或遭瘟)[诅咒语]

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