engrieve

发音

/ɪŋˈɡɹiːv/

词形变化

engrieved engrieves 三单 engrieves engrieving engrieving 现在分词 engrieved 过去式 engrieved 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.

    古体 及物

    1998, Annabel M. Patterson (editor), The trial of Nicholas Throckmorton (apparently derived from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577), I am sorry to engrieve any other man's doings, but it serveth me for a piece of my defence, and therefore I wish that no man should gather evil of it.

  2. 2.

    To grieve.

    古体 不及物

词源

From en- + grieve.

来源:wiktionary