一、详细释义：


adj.

重大的，重要的；严重的


例句：

The consequences of such inequity could be grave.

这种不公平现象将会产生严重的社会影响。


例句：

His illness assumed a very grave character.

他的病显得非常的严重。


严肃的


例句：

Even the grave old gentleman could not suppress a laugh.

连那位严肃的老绅士都禁不住笑了。


例句：

He thought of Jim's grave foxy face.

他想到了吉姆那张严肃、狡黠的脸。


n.

坟墓，墓穴


例句：

The wooden stakes designate the edge of the ancient grave.

木桩标识了古墓的边界。


例句：

That old man already has one foot in the grave.

那老人已是一只脚踏入棺材里。


下场；死亡


例句：

Life is a battle from cradle to grave.

人生是一场从生到死的战斗。


例句：

A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

祸从口出。


v.

雕刻；铭记 [T]


例句：

Just another life saved from forgetfulness graved well better than with a sword in Abraham's memory.

恰是由于忘性而被挽救的另一条性命比用剑（救）更深刻地铭记在亚伯拉罕的记忆中了。


例句：

It is still considered lucky for a young man to present his financee with the wooden clappers graved with love-poems.

人们仍然认为，年轻男子送给未婚妻刻满情诗的木制棒槌是吉利的。


二、词义辨析：


earnest,serious,grave,severe,solemn,sober

这些形容词均有“严肃的”之意。 earnest指严肃，认真，含诚恳和热情意味。 serious指具有关键、严肃或严重意义的事情。 grave侧重严肃和尊严，需要认真思考，含令人担忧意味。 severe指面孔的严肃，法律的严厉，伤病的严重。着重严厉性，无丝毫温情。 solemn指人表情或场景气氛严肃，侧重威严名印象深刻。 sober侧重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表现出的庄重。


三、相关短语：


grave accent

n.重音符


四、参考例句：


His grave is snowed down with flowers.

他的墓上撤满鲜花。


Is there life beyond the grave?

人死后有来生吗？


Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.

她不安地审视着他那张异常严肃的脸。


Jackson reacted with expressions of grave concern .

杰克逊对此表示了严重的关切。


His illness assumed a very grave character.

他的病显得非常的严重。


Her grave is covered with flowers.

她的墓地上长满了花。


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。


A man may dig his grave with his teeth.

祸从口出。


His grave is marked by a fine stela.

他的墓前有一块精致的石碑。


Even the grave old gentleman could not suppress a laugh.

连那位严肃的老绅士都禁不住笑了。