词组 | grieve |
释义 | grieve When grieve is used with a preposition, it is used most often with for: Last Winter she died also, and my days • Are passed in work, lest I should grieve for her—Amy Lowell, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, 1914 • ... the people, threatened by hostile Indians, grieved for their old homes —American Guide Series: Texas, 1940 Somewhat less frequently grieve is used with at or over: • ... somewhat grieved at the smallness of this customer's appetite —Osbert Sitwell, Noble Essences, 1950 • ... the President ... grieved over the people's disappointment which he was helpless to prevent — Samuel Hopkins Adams, Incredible Era, 1939 Grieve is also used with to and the infinitive: • ... he grieved, like an honest lad, to see his comrade left to face calamity alone —George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, 1859 |
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