From the word’s history
From Middle English greef, from Old French grief 'heavy, sad', from Latin gravis 'heavy'.
源自古法文 grief「沉重、悲傷」，來自拉丁文 gravis「重的」。
You can think of it as the heavy sadness that settles in after a loss — most typically when someone you love has died. Unlike sad, it has weight and takes up time. English then lends that weight out: to the events that cause it, to everyday trouble that wears you down, and to a few fixed phrases where the sadness has drained away entirely.
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
griefnoun/ɡɹiːf/
- 1
Suffering, hardship.
- The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.
- 2
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
- She was worn out from so much grief.
- The betrayal caused Jeff grief.
- 3
A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.
- Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
griefverb/ɡɹiːf/
- 1
gamesgamingTo deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game, and especially by exploiting game mechanics without using cheats to do so, often through acts of destruction or vandalism.
- While ban and his pals stand squarely in this tradition, they also stand for something new: the rise of organized griefing, grounded in online message-board communities and thick with in-jokes, code words, taboos, and an increasingly articulate sense of purpose. No longer just an isolated pathology, griefing has developed a full-fledged culture.
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