惨重

• 拼音: cǎn zhòng
• 汉字拆解: 惨 = 忄(heart) + 参 (phonetic); 重 = pictograph of a heavy bundle

含义

Extremely severe; disastrous (of losses or casualties). Describes damage, casualties, or defeat on a grave scale.

Almost exclusively collocates with 损失、伤亡、代价、失败 to express that the losses or casualties are catastrophically heavy. Stronger and more formal than 严重.

例句

1. 这场洪灾造成了惨重的经济损失，数十万人被迫转移。
2. 由于指挥失误，部队在这次战役中伤亡惨重。
3. 公司在这笔投资上蒙受了惨重损失，几乎陷入破产边缘。

用法指南

语境: news, history, military, disaster, economics

语气: serious

正确说法

• 这次事故造成了惨重的人员伤亡。(This accident caused extremely heavy casualties.)
• 连年战争使这个国家遭受了惨重损失。(Years of war caused the country devastating losses.)

错误说法

• 我这次考试成绩惨重。(惨重 collocates with concrete, large-scale losses — use 惨不忍睹 or 很差 for a bad exam score)

起源与历史

惨 (tragic, miserable) + 重 (heavy, severe). Together they intensify the severity of a loss or disaster beyond ordinary seriousness.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal