sorrow是什么意思

sorrow

英 ['sɒrəʊ] 美 ['sɔro]

sorrow 悲伤，悲痛

来自古英语 sorg,悲伤，悲痛，来自 Proto-Germanic*surgo,担心，痛苦，关切，来自 PIE*swergh, 照看，照顾，操心。该词与 sore 虽然在词义上有所重合，但是不属于同源词，该词在词源上指担心别人而引起的悲痛，而 sore 在词源上指自己的痛苦所造成的疼痛。

sorrow (n.): Old English sorg "grief, regret, trouble, care, pain, anxiety," from Proto-Germanic *sorg- (cognates: Old Saxon sorga, Old Norse sorg, Middle Dutch sorghe, Dutch zorg, Old High German soraga, German sorge, Gothic saurga), perhaps from PIE *swergh- "to worry, be sick" (cognates: Sanskrit surksati "cares for," Lithuanian sergu "to be sick," Old Church Slavonic sraga "sickness," Old Irish serg "sickness"). Not connected etymologically with sore (adj.) or sorry.
sorrow (v.): Old English sorgian, from sorg (see sorrow (n.)). Related: Sorrowed; sorrowing. Compare Dutch zorgen, German sorgen, Gothic saurgan.

1. He always woke with a sense of deep sorrow and depressing loss.

他醒来时总是满怀哀愁，抑郁惆怅。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Gertrude now clearly felt that she had obtruded her sorrow.: 格特鲁德此时明显察觉自己的悲伤情绪已影响到他人。

5. "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.: “啊，我有时会感到绝望，”他假装悲伤地说。