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Dreadful I Situation Bad Means Dread Unpleasant Adj Graded

英语单词 dreadful
英美音标 英 ['dredfl] 美 ['dredfl]
中文释义 adj.可怕的;糟糕的
英语例句 (1) There presents a dreadful sight.
(2) We are waiting for God's dreadful judgement.
(3) The dreadful sight chilled her to the marrow.
(4) He wrote off three cars in a year because of his dreadful driving.
(5) What a dreadful situation for you.
(6) Dreadful weather, don't you think?
(7) The room is in dreadful disorder.
中文例句 (1) 那里呈现出可怕的情景。
(2) 我们在等待上帝令人生畏的审判。
(3) 这种可怕的景象使她感到毛骨悚然。
(4) 因他的可怕的驾车技术,他一年内报废了三辆车。
(5) 您的处境真糟糕。
(6) 这天气真讨厌,你说不是吗?
(7) 房间里乱七八糟。
vocabulary简明 Something that's terribly bad is dreadful. Some people love going to the opera, but for others there's no more dreadful way to spend three hours.
vocabulary扩展 Dreadful means "full of dread," "feeling a sense of dread," or "causing dread." Dread means fear or anxiety. The adjective dreadful can describe something truly devastating, like the dreadful aftermath of a tornado, or something that's awful on a more personal level, like a dreadful blind date. If it's bad, fearsome, or unpleasant, you can call it dreadful.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]糟糕透顶的;令人不快的;劣质的 If you say that something is dreadful, you mean that it is very bad or unpleasant, or very poor in quality.
  • They told us the dreadful news...

    他们告诉了我们那糟糕透顶的消息。

  • My financial situation is dreadful.

    我的经济状况一团糟。

dreadfully
  • You behaved dreadfully...

    你表现得糟透了。

  • They treated him dreadfully.

    他们对他很差。

2
[ADJ 形容词]极严重的 Dreadful is used to emphasize the degree or extent of something bad.
  [ADJ n]
  [emphasis]
  • We've made a dreadful mistake...

    我们犯了个极大的错误。

  • I had a dreadful headache.

    我头痛欲裂。

dreadfully
  • He looks dreadfully ill...

    他看上去病得不轻。

  • His mother must be dreadfully worried...

    他母亲一定担心死了。

  • I miss him dreadfully.

    我非常想念他。

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](看上去或感觉到)病得不轻的,极度疲惫的,非常沮丧的 If someone looks or feels dreadful, they look or feel very ill, tired, or upset.
  [feel/look ADJ]
  • Are you all right? You look dreadful...

    你还好吧?你看上去十分疲惫。

  • I feel absolutely dreadful about what has happened.

    我对已发生的一切感到极其失望。

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