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dreadful

英 ['dredf(ə)l] 美 ['dredfəl]

释义

adj.
糟糕透顶的;讨厌的;令人不快的;(强调糟糕的程度)极其的
n.
〈英〉(趣味低级,售价便宜的)惊险小说[杂志]
网络
可怕的;令人敬畏的;好可怕
展开详细释义

adj.

1.可怕的

2.不堪入耳的,糟透,糟糕的,难看透顶的

3.恐怖,怕人的,骇人听闻的,令人惊骇的,触目惊心的

4.令人敬畏的

5.〔口语〕讨厌的,糟透了的,丑陋的

6.恶劣的,下流,难听的,不象话,令人很不痛快的

7.意外,难以想象的

8.漫长难熬的,满怀惆怅的

9.急促的

n.

1.〔英国〕(趣味低级、售价便宜的)惊险小说[杂志]

在例句中理解 35 句

  1. In his essay "The Proper Means of Regulating Sorrow, " * Dr. Johnson identifies the dreadful uniqueness of grief among the human passions.

    在论文《调节悲伤的正确方法》中,Johnson博士确定忧伤在人类诸多情感当中具有可怕的独特性。

  2. There's something in her eyes wakes such a dreadful fear in my heart, that drives me mad.

    她的眼睛里有种东西,在我心里唤起那么一种可怖的恐惧,简直逼得我要发疯。

  3. We sometimes think of death as if it is a dreadful person whose job it is to collect souls.

    有时我们认为死亡看作是一个讨厌的人来搜集灵魂。

  4. There came to me that dreadful sense of illness, which we have no name for either in Scots or English.

    我遭受到的这种病痛的可怕的感觉,在苏格兰话或英文中,还没有适当的字眼可以拿来形容。

  5. Since roads are generally dreadful, advances in communications, with mobile banking and telephonic agro-info, have been a huge boon.

    由于非洲的道路状况十分差劲,非洲国家对通讯业进行了提升,手机银行和电话农业信息得到了长足的进步。

  6. As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

    日头正落的时候,亚伯兰沉沉的睡了;忽然有惊人的大黑暗落在他身上。

  7. The Mole came and crouched beside him, and, looking out, saw the wood that had been so dreadful to him in quite a changed aspect.

    鼹鼠也钻出来,蹲在他身旁。他向外望去,只见那座曾经吓得他失魂落魄的树林,完全变了样。

  8. There was rising in him a dreadful uneasiness ; something very precious that he wanted to hold seemed close to destruction.

    他心中涌起了一丝糟糕的不安情绪,他想要拥有的非常宝贵的东西好像就要毁灭了。

  9. There is no witness so dreadful , no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man .

    人若都可以心存善意,就不会再有惊恐的证人,恐慌的原告。

  10. This was to be the first of many dreadful events which were to poison my life.

    这是一系列破坏我生活的第一件事。

  11. There had been a dreadful accident and every one in the train had been killed.

    会发生一场可怕的事故,火车上的每个人都会丧生。

  12. Dreadful as it was, she was conscious of a shelter in the presence of these thousand witnesses.

    此情此景虽然可怕,但她却感到这数以千计的旁观者的存在倒是一种庇护。

  13. I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage . . . to use the word "bad" would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful.

    60年代我结婚了,用“糟糕透了”这个词都不足以形容简直是糟糕极了。

  14. But he tells it as if it were still a dreadful thing.

    但是他讲述的时候仿佛这仍是件很可怕的事。

  15. I did not realize then what dreadful events were soon to happen, and that this happy and peaceful year was to be the calm before the storm.

    但我并不知道可怕事情快要发生了,而这些幸福快乐日子不过是风暴前夕的平静而已。

  16. Things in Atlanta were in a dreadful pass, she said, due to the vile doings of the Republicans.

    她说在亚特兰大,因为共和党人做了许多缺德事,目前的局面是可怕的。

  17. After such a dreadful experience, you'd think I'd be ready to give her back.

    经过了这样儿的经历之后,你一定会觉得我们已经准备把她送回去。

  18. There was rising in him a dreadful uneasiness ; something very precious thathe wanted to hold seemed close to destruction.

    他心里涌起一种难言的焦灼,因为他原来一直想保住的东西现在好象要毁灭了。

  19. I observed a year ago that the oil market often made fools out of forecasters, and then proved myself right with a dreadful prediction.

    我在一年前曾指出,石油市场常常会让预测者出丑,然后就用一个糟糕的预测亲自验证了这句话。

  20. Tears of compassion shall flow from her eyes and will fill the island with her dreadful cries.

    怜悯的泪水会从她的眼睛而来,岛屿会充满着她可怕的哭泣。

  21. The present law, as it now stood, had been instituted by the wisdom of their fathers, to check the alarming progress of a dreadful crime.

    现行的法律是前辈智慧的结晶,目的在于制止一种骇人听闻的罪行恶性发展。

  22. I felt that I had got to put an end to that dreadful noise.

    我深感有必要结束那折磨人的噪音。

  23. It has been a dreadful few days for the British media.

    英国媒体度过了胆战心惊的的几天。

  24. He felt a dreadful hollowness in it, a real emptiness that could never be filled except by Christine's heart.

    他的内心感到非常空虚,这种空洞除了克里斯汀的心之外没有其他事物可以用来将它填满。

  25. Unhappy boy! If he had only known then the dreadful things that were to happen to him on account of his disobedience!

    皮诺奇一点也不知道他会遇到怎样恐怖和可怕的灾难!

  26. IT HAS been a dreadful week in Kashmir, the bloodiest yet in two decades of uprisings against Indian rule.

    本周对于喀什米尔来说,有如梦魇。这场暴乱,是20年以来,抗击印度法规最为血腥的一次事件。

  27. It was a dreadful day, but it is also a day that will remain, I believe, a symbol of the enduring bravery of the British people.

    那是一个可怕的日子,但我认为,那同时也永远是一个象征英国人民大无畏精神的日子。

  28. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning.

    你知道,那是个特别潮湿的夏天,平常年头,那地方安全得很,没想到却毫无征兆地出了事。

  29. They began to talk of what a dreadful storm it had been the night before.

    他们开始谈及前天晚上有多么可怕的暴风雨。

  30. The sight of your dear sister, however, was really dreadful; and to heighten the matter, I found her alone.

    不过,看见你亲爱的妹妹,确实叫我害怕。而我单独与她见面,更是火上添油。

  31. a dreadful mistake

    可怕的错误

  32. We’ve had some dreadful weather lately.

    最近我们这里的天气糟透了。

  33. a dreadful accident

    可怕的事故

  34. They suffered dreadful injuries.

    他们严重受伤。

  35. Michelle felt absolutely dreadful (= very ill ) .

    米歇尔感觉病得很厉害。

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