awful

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基本釋義

adj.
令人討厭的; 可怕的; 不舒服的; 非常的; (量)極多的
adv.
極其,非常

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Clint is awful smart.

克林特機(jī)靈極了。

牛津詞典

the awful horrors of war

駭人聽(tīng)聞的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)恐怖

牛津詞典

[不可數(shù)名詞]the sheer awfulness of the situation

糟透了的情況

牛津詞典

There's an awful smell in here.

這里有股很難聞的味道。

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The awful thing is, it was my fault.

糟糕的是,這是我的過(guò)失。

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It's going to cost an awful lot of money.

這要花非常多的錢。

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There's not an awful lot of room.

沒(méi)有很多的空間。

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I feel an awful lot better than I did yesterday.

我覺(jué)得身體比昨天好得多了。

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(British English)I had an awful job persuading him to come (= it was very difficult) .

說(shuō)服他來(lái)真是費(fèi)勁死了。

牛津詞典

to look/feel awful (= to look/feel ill)

面帶病容;感到很不舒服

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I feel awful about forgetting her birthday.

我忘了她的生日,感到很難過(guò)。

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The weather last summer was awful.

去年夏季天氣真壞。

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That's an awful colour.

那顏色難看得很。

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‘They didn't even offer to pay. ’ ‘Oh that's awful. ’

“他們甚至不主動(dòng)付錢?!薄芭?,這真不像話?!?/p>

牛津詞典

It's awful, isn't it?

糟糕透了,不是嗎?

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I've got an awful lot of work to do.

我有一大堆事情要做。

Gosh, you're awful pretty...

天哪,你太漂亮了!

You know, 10 years sounds like an awful long time.

你知道,10年聽(tīng)起來(lái)遙遙無(wú)期。

I looked awful and felt quite shaky.

我貌似生病了,覺(jué)得很虛弱。

I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful...

我基本上沒(méi)睡,覺(jué)得很難受。

We met and I thought he was awful...

我們見(jiàn)了面,我覺(jué)得他很討人厭。

I couldn't stand London! Bloody awful place.

我在倫敦再也呆不下去了!簡(jiǎn)直是個(gè)糟糕至極的地方。

Her injuries were massive. It was awful...

她遍體鱗傷。太可怕了。

Some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood.

他們的一些罪行駭人聽(tīng)聞,簡(jiǎn)直令人毛骨悚然。

真題例句

Not only is this a boring and awful way to treat children, it makes no sense educationally.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Don't you think it's an awful waste of time?

出自-2014年6月聽(tīng)力原文

I feel awful whenever I make a mistake in whatever I'm trying to do.

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section B

Southern states without strong teachers' unions have schools at least as awful as those in union states.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

After realising an email accident, you are likely to feel awful.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 題設(shè)

The problem with being a grown up is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with - work, mortgage payments, figuring out what to cook for dinner.

2016年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. exceptionally bad or displeasing;

    "atrocious taste"

    "abominable workmanship"

    "an awful voice"

    "dreadful manners"

    "a painful performance"

    "terrible handwriting"

    "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

  • 2. causing fear or dread or terror;

    "the awful war"

    "an awful risk"

    "dire news"

    "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"

    "the dread presence of the headmaster"

    "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"

    "a dreadful storm"

    "a fearful howling"

    "horrendous explosions shook the city"

    "a terrible curse"

  • 3. offensive or even (of persons) malicious;

    "in a nasty mood"

    "a nasty accident"

    "a nasty shock"

    "a nasty smell"

    "a nasty trick to pull"

    "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound

  • 4. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;

    "awed by the silence"

    "awful worshippers with bowed heads"

  • 5. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

    "New York is an amazing city"

    "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"

    "the awesome complexity of the universe"

    "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville

    "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"

Adverb
  • 1. used as intensifiers;

    "terribly interesting"

    "I'm awful sorry"

同義詞辨析

afraid, fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible, terrific, appalling

這些形容詞均含"害怕的,怕的"之意。

  • afraid:指由于膽小或怯懦而不敢說(shuō)或做某事。
  • fearful:普通用詞,既指外界情況變化而引起的恐懼,又指來(lái)自內(nèi)心的害怕與焦慮。
  • awful:指威嚴(yán)得令人害怕或敬畏,有一定的感情色彩。
  • dreadful:指使人非??謶?,毛骨悚然,也使人感到討厭而退縮。
  • frightful:指使人陷入短暫的驚恐或產(chǎn)生毛骨悚然的感覺(jué)。
  • terrible:側(cè)重指給人以長(zhǎng)久的驚駭,極端的恐怖,令人難以忍受。
  • horrible:指因駭人聽(tīng)聞的丑惡而令人毛骨悚然,著重厭惡的成分多于害怕。
  • terrific:多指外表、形狀或力量等的可怕。
  • appalling:指既令害怕又使人驚異、膽寒。

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