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horrendous adj.可怕的；令人震惊的 (1) 许多人目击到该次令人不寒而栗的大屠杀。(2) 他推断出只有一个人能够犯下如此可怕的案子。(3) 那样的色彩设计真让人吃惊. If you’ve ever encountered something horrendous, you won’t be surprised to learn that the word traces back to the Latin word horrere, meaning "to bristle with fear, shudder." That’s a good way to think about horrendous things — they cause you to shudder. You can use the word to describe any type of thing — people, ideas, actions, and so on — but save it for those things that are not merely bad but instead are truly horrifying.

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英 [hɒ'rendəs] 美 [hɔː'rendəs] (1) Many people witnessed the horrendous massacre.(2) He decucted that only one person was capable of committing such a horrendous crime.(3) That colour scheme is horrendous. Bad luck, an injury, a mistake, an unfortunate outfit, or a crime — anything can be called horrendous if it causes such dread or fear that you can barely even think about it. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]骇人的；令人震惊的 Something that is horrendous is very unpleasant or shocking. He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life...他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。The violence used was horrendous.所使用的暴力骇人听闻。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（数量、程度等）大得惊人的，极其过分的 Some people use horrendous to describe something that is so big or great that they find it extremely unpleasant.   [INFORMAL 非正式]Nor do their debts looks so horrendous when related to the value of their fixed assets.如果和他们的固定资产值相比，他们的债务看起来也并不算惊人。...the usually horrendous traffic jams.常常糟糕透顶的交通堵塞horrendouslyMany outings can now be horrendously expensive for parents with a young family.目前很多短途出游对于子女年幼的父母来说都贵得离谱。

英语单词	horrendous
英美音标	英 [hɒ'rendəs] 美 [hɔː'rendəs]
中文释义	adj.可怕的；令人震惊的
英语例句	(1) Many people witnessed the horrendous massacre. (2) He decucted that only one person was capable of committing such a horrendous crime. (3) That colour scheme is horrendous.
中文例句	(1) 许多人目击到该次令人不寒而栗的大屠杀。 (2) 他推断出只有一个人能够犯下如此可怕的案子。 (3) 那样的色彩设计真让人吃惊.
vocabulary简明	Bad luck, an injury, a mistake, an unfortunate outfit, or a crime — anything can be called horrendous if it causes such dread or fear that you can barely even think about it.
vocabulary扩展	If you’ve ever encountered something horrendous, you won’t be surprised to learn that the word traces back to the Latin word horrere, meaning "to bristle with fear, shudder." That’s a good way to think about horrendous things — they cause you to shudder. You can use the word to describe any type of thing — people, ideas, actions, and so on — but save it for those things that are not merely bad but instead are truly horrifying.
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]骇人的；令人震惊的 Something that is horrendous is very unpleasant or shocking. He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life... 他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。 The violence used was horrendous. 所使用的暴力骇人听闻。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（数量、程度等）大得惊人的，极其过分的 Some people use horrendous to describe something that is so big or great that they find it extremely unpleasant. [INFORMAL 非正式] Nor do their debts looks so horrendous when related to the value of their fixed assets. 如果和他们的固定资产值相比，他们的债务看起来也并不算惊人。 ...the usually horrendous traffic jams. 常常糟糕透顶的交通堵塞 horrendously Many outings can now be horrendously expensive for parents with a young family. 目前很多短途出游对于子女年幼的父母来说都贵得离谱。

Horrendous Word People Bad Things Describe Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词