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  1. A graver problem is fiscal.
    更严重的是财政问题。
  2. Outside America, the consequences could be even graver.
    美国之外,后果可能会更严重。
  3. The loss of a marriage carried a graver impact than just a relationship like hers.
    婚姻失败的沉重打击远远超过像她那种朋友关系。


graver
[ noun ]
a tool used by an engraver
<noun.artifact>


Grave \Grave\, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v"[~e]r); superl.
{Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave
heavy, grave. See {Grief.}]
1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.]

His shield grave and great. --Chapman.

2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate;
serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave
deportment, character, influence, etc.

Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. --Shak.

A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.
--Milton.

3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color;
a grave face.

4. (Mus.)
(a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a
grave note or key.

The thicker the cord or string, the more grave
is the note or tone. --Moore
(Encyc. of
Music).
(b) Slow and solemn in movement.

{Grave accent}. (Pron.) See the Note under {Accent}, n., 2.

Syn: Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful;
sedate; weighty; momentous; important.

Usage: {Grave}, {Sober}, {Serious}, {Solemn.} Sober supposes
the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is
opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious
implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed
to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important
concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance,
etc., which results from the pressure of weighty
interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or
vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire.
Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is
carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition;
a solemn promise.


Graver \Graver\, n.
1. One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose
occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other
hard material.

2. An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.

  1. He also seems graver, which is understandable considering the uphill task he has undertaken to reconstruct the Soviet economy and to maneuver around the dazzling changes that are sweeping Eastern Europe.
  2. The national will is going to be "more sorely tested now than in the Cold War," the author declares. Yet having faced down a menacing nuclear-armed mafia for four decades, it is difficult to imagine what graver challenges lie ahead.
  3. What could be graver than the charge that the GOP campaign directors, led by the late William Casey, treasonously conspired with Iranian fanatics to leave American hostages in captivity for 72 more days of agony in order to gain electoral advantage?
  4. He said the EC believed "stocks must be kept for a graver situation," warning that an "unjustified signal of instability," would be sent if the International Energy Agency recommended its members began drawing on their inventories.
  5. Drug czar William Bennett urged TV industry leaders to incorporate more anti-drug messages into their programming, and called drug abuse a graver catastrophe than the Northern California earthquake.
  6. A poker-faced politician who helped lift his old Texas country-club buddy, George Bush, to the presidency, Baker has never run a graver risk than the threat to go to war over Kuwait if Iraq does not pull out by Jan. 15.
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