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IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358

grave

Word family 
Related topics: Death
grave1 /ɡreɪv/ ●●○ noun [countableC]
1  MXthe place in the ground where a dead body is buried 墳墓，墓穴 → tomb
At the head of the grave there was a small wooden cross.
墳頭上有一個小小的木十字架。
2  the grave literaryDIE death 死亡
He took that secret to the grave.
他把那個秘密帶進了墳墓。
Examples from the Corpus
the grave• He took that secret with him to the grave.
3  somebody would turn in their grave DISAPPROVEused to say that someone who is dead would strongly disapprove of something happening now 某人於九泉之下難以安息〔用於表示即使是死者也會強烈反對〕
The way Bill plays that piece would have Mozart turning in his grave.
比爾如此演奏那首曲子，會使莫紮特在九泉之下也難以安息的。
→ dig your own grave at dig1(8), → from (the) cradle to (the) grave at cradle1(3), → have one foot in the grave at foot1(24), → silent as the grave at silent(3), → a watery grave at watery(4)
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
dig a grave
In the churchyard, a man was digging a grave.
mark a grave
The stone marked the grave of their young daughter.
bury somebody in a grave (=put someone in a grave)
She was buried in a grave next to her older sister.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + grave
a shallow grave (=a hole that is not very deep in the ground)
They found the woman’s remains in a shallow grave in the woods.
a mass grave (=one that is filled with many people, especially people killed in a war or people who died of a disease at a similar time)
Plague victims were buried in a mass grave.
an unmarked grave (=one that does not have anything to show where it is or who is in it)
Until 1855, poor people here were buried in unmarked graves.
a family grave (=one where members of a family are buried together)
Walter died in 1922 and was buried in the family grave in Finchley cemetery.
an open grave (=one that has not yet been covered in earth)
He wept by her open grave.
grave + NOUN
a grave site (=the place where a grave is)
The president visited the grave sites of 12 youths killed in recent bombings.
Examples from the Corpus
grave• One of two silver cups found together with a set of wine-drinking utensils in a grave.• The miracles which have since occurred at his grave have confirmed his holiness.• Beethoven may be rolling over in his grave, but audiences love it.• And do the different types of grave reflect different periods or something else?• Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in a grove two days after she was last seen with Thompson.• In fact, none of the graves has any marker at all, and the graveyard itself is unmarked and untended.• This band will not go to their graves with their songs still in them.
grave2 ●●○ adjectiveadj
1  SERIOUS PERSONgrave problems, situations, or worries are very great or bad 嚴重的，重大的，嚴峻的 → serious
Matthew’s life is in grave danger.
馬修的生命危在旦夕。
The report expressed grave concern over the technicians’ lack of training.
報告中對技術人員缺乏培訓深表憂慮。
I have grave doubts about his ability.
我十分懷疑他的能力。
The situation is becoming very grave.
形勢變得非常嚴峻。
► see thesaurus at serious
 Register
In everyday English, people usually use serious rather than grave, and seriously rather than gravely: 日常英語中，人們一般說serious和seriously，而不說grave和gravely
I have serious doubts about whether he’s up to the job.
我十分懷疑他是否能勝任這個工作。
I’m seriously worried about her.
我非常擔心她。
2  SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGlooking or sounding quiet and serious, especially because something important or worrying has happened 嚴肅的，凝重的 SYN sombre
Turnbull’s face was grave as he told them about the accident.
特恩布爾在告訴他們這次事故時表情十分嚴肅。
—gravely adverbadv
Adam nodded gravely.
亞當神情嚴肅地點點頭。
We are gravely concerned (=very concerned) about these developments.
我們對事態的發展深表憂慮。
→ gravity
Examples from the Corpus
grave• "We might be too late, " she said gravely.• His expression was grave and he looked deep in thought.• Holmes looked grave, and stood deep in worried thought for a minute or two.• The ambassador declared that there would be grave consequences if the hostages were not released.• A thick fog descended on the mountain, and I knew that we were in grave danger.• I have grave doubts that this new government will last.• Dr. Fromm looked grave. "I have some bad news, " he said.• "It would be a grave mistake, " said the president, "to ignore the problem, and pretend that it will go away."• Although, now she came to think about it, maybe such caution had been a grave mistake.• a grave mistake• Oppenheimer was, by nature, a philosophical, rather grave person, but some of his colleagues were anything but.• There was a grave risk that the operation would leave him partly paralysed.• Luch looked over at Hector for his smile before bowing grave thanks.• The advance of the disease presents a grave threat to the livestock industry.• The situation is grave -- war now seems inevitable.• His expression became very grave when we told him what had happened.
grave doubts• There must, too, be the gravest doubts about a system which excludes those who prefer not to join a union.• Gryschenko, 42, from Kiev, had had grave doubts about doing the first leg of the race.• For decades, the party even had grave doubts about his politics.• I have grave doubts about that.• I had grave doubts about where he might take it.• In my talk with Alec he himself expressed grave doubts whether he wished to take it on.
Related topics: Letters & punctuation
grave3 /ɡrɑːv/ adjectiveadj
SLAa grave accent is a mark put above a letter in some languages such as French to show the pronunciation, for example è 有沉[抑]音符的〔法語等語言中標在字母之上表示發音的符號〕 → acute, circumflex
Examples from the Corpus
grave• I felt the sinking whir of the back wheel as it dug its own grave.• His expression was grave and he looked deep in thought.• Although, now she came to think about it, maybe such caution had been a grave mistake.• Those who see all the monuments as tombs argue that grave robbers removed the evidence.• Prosecutors said Saturday that the professed psychic is being held on charges ranging from grave robbery to conspiracy to mislead officials.• Luch looked over at Hector for his smile before bowing grave thanks.• The advance of the disease presents a grave threat to the livestock industry.
Origin grave1
Old English græf
IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRAVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤deep, shallow深墓穴；淺墓穴◇The body was found in a shallow grave.這具屍體是在一個淺墓穴中發現的。➤open敞開的墓穴◇The mourners threw flowers into the open grave.哀悼者把鮮花投進未掩埋的墓穴。➤fresh, freshly dug新墓穴；新挖的墓穴▸➤unmarked無碑刻的墳墓◇His body is buried in an unmarked grave.他的屍體埋在一個沒有標記的墳墓中。➤common, communal, mass公共墓地；集體墓地；萬人塚◇A mass grave has been discovered outside the town.城外發現了一個萬人坑。➤watery葬身水中◇He rescued her from a watery grave (= saved her from drowning).他把她從水中救起。➤early過早死去◇She smoked herself into an early grave (= died young as a result of smoking).她因吸煙而過早離世。VERB + GRAVE➤dig挖掘墓穴▸➤mark標記墓穴◇The grave was marked by a simple headstone.墳墓上只豎着一塊簡陋的墓碑。➤desecrate褻瀆墳墓◇Some of the graves have been desecrated by vandals.一些墓穴被人肆意破壞了。➤visit上墳；掃墓◇Whenever he goes home he visits his mother's grave.他每次回家都給母親上墳。PREPOSITION➤beyond the grave死後◇The old lady still influences the family from beyond the grave.這個老太太死後仍影響着全家。➤in a/the grave在墓中◇I'll be in my grave by the time that happens!到那時候我已經命喪黃泉了！➤on a/the grave在墳上◇She puts fresh flowers on her husband's grave every Sunday.她每週日都要在丈夫的墳頭上放一些鮮花。
IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave adj.
⇨ serious 1 (a grave error) ⇨ serious 2 (a grave manner)
IELTS BNC: 3630 COCA: 3358
grave
Making you feel worried: serious, severe, grave...
Serious, severe and extreme: serious, severe, extreme...
Words used to describe facial expressions: absent, appealing, beatific...
Graves, tombs and burial places: barrow, burial ground, cemetery...
Death and general words relating to death: morbidity, death, mortality...
Written symbols on letters of alphabets: accent, acute, cedilla...

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