mourn

单词辨析:

grieve mourn sorrow 【导航词义:悲痛】
grieve v. (使)伤心,(使)悲伤
〔辨析〕

指因所爱之人死亡而伤心,或因损失、失败等而感到悲伤,这类伤感可以是公开表露的,也可以是压抑于内心的。

〔例证〕

She is still grieving for her only child who was killed in the quake.

她还在为在地震中死去的独子而伤心。

It really grieves me to see him in such bad health.

看到他的健康状况如此不佳,我很伤心。

mourn v. 哀悼,(为…)哀痛
〔辨析〕

较正式用词,指悼念死者或为某人之死而哀伤,侧重表露于外的悲伤、哭泣。

〔例证〕

They mourn for their fallen soldiers.

他们哀悼阵亡的士兵。

For whom do you mourn?

你在为谁流泪?

London shall mourn the death of twenty thousand people.

伦敦将为两万名死者哀悼。

sorrow v. [文]感到悲伤,表示悲痛
〔辨析〕

指因不幸、损失、失望等而悲痛不已,常后接介词 over。

〔例证〕

She was sorrowing over the loss of her mother.

她因失去母亲而感到悲痛。

The sorrowing relatives left the dead in peace.

悲痛欲绝的亲人让亡者安眠于九泉。

相关例句:

And as we mourn the loss of this beloved wife, mother and friend.

我们为失去最爱的妻子,母亲和朋友而哀伤。

We all mourn the destruction of the building.

我们对这所建筑物的破坏都感到痛心。

Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

你们喜笑的人有祸了,因为你们将要哀恸哭泣!

I wept for joy, like a dove I mourn;

像鸽子咕咕叫,我高兴地哭泣;

And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore.

地上的客商也都为他哭泣悲哀,因为没有人再买他们的货物了;

I shall bring pain to those fools who did not mourn your death.

我要让所有不为你的死亡而哀悼的所有愚蠢的人类带来痛苦。