bereavement

英 [bɪˈriːvmənt]

美 [bɪˈriːvmənt]

n.  丧失亲人; 丧亲之痛; 亲友的丧亡

复数：bereavements　

Collins.1 / BNC.9905 / COCA.19894

牛津词典

noun

• 丧失亲人；丧亲之痛
  the state of having lost a relative or close friend because they have died
  1. the pain of an emotional crisis such as divorce or bereavement
     诸如离婚或痛失亲人等情感危机的痛苦
• 亲友的丧亡
  the death of a relative or close friend
  1. A family bereavement meant that he could not attend the conference.
     他家里有人去世了，所以不能出席会议。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 丧亲之痛；新丧
  Bereavementis the sorrow you feel or the state you are in when a relative or close friend dies.
  1. When Mary died Anne did not share her brother's sense of bereavement.
     玛丽去世后，安妮并没有像她弟弟那样哀痛。
  2. ...those who have suffered a bereavement.
     那些遭受丧亲之痛的人

英英释义

noun

• state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
  Synonym:mourning

双语例句

• She runs a group that helps people deal with bereavement.
  她经营一个帮人处理丧事的团体。
• I had lived a lonely childhood and a boyhood straitened by war and overshadowed by bereavement.
  我度过了寂寞的童年，少年时代备受战争苦难，又由于丧母而变得黯淡无光。
• We all sympathize with you in your bereavement.
  我们对你丧亲之痛表示同情。
• In the light of her bereavement over willie's death, can we put serious blame upon Mary for succumbing?
  从玛丽对威利之死的伤恸这一点来看，我们能对她为此而陷于唯灵论加以苛责吗？
• It had drawn him and Bloggs together, this common bereavement.
  丧偶的共同命运把他和布洛斯连在一起了。
• Bereavement is often a time of great grief.
  丧失亲人常常是最悲痛的时刻。
• We're not going to talk about the process of grieving or bereavement.
  我们不会去讨论丧失亲友时悲伤的过程。
• It is with the deepest regret that we learn of your bereavement.
  惊悉你亲人逝世，深切悲痛。
• How the soul sinks, the heart grows sick, and the faith staggers under the keen trials and testings which come into our lives in times of special bereavement and suffering.
  这句话是何等重大的考验关头，当我们受到了特别的痛苦和丧失的时候，我们的灵何其之消沉，我们的心又是何等的悲痛，我们的信心如何在试炼中发生摇动。
• When Mary died Anne did not share her brother's sense of bereavement.
  玛丽去世后，安妮并没有像她弟弟那样哀痛。