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词汇 awful
释义 awful
adjective
uk /ˈɔː.fəl/ us /ˈɑː.fəl/

awfuladjective (BAD)


A2
extremely bad or unpleasant: 极坏的;恶劣的;糟糕的;令人极不愉快的
He suffered awful injuries in the crash.他在撞车事故中受了重伤。
We had awful weather.我们碰上了糟糕的天气。
She has an awful boss.她的老板极难相处。
What an awful thing to say!说这种话,太不像话了!
Would life be so awful without a car?没有车,日子就那么难过吗?
The food was awful.这食物糟糕透顶。
She'd been ill and she looked awful.她一直在生病,气色糟透了。
Synonyms
abominable
abysmal(BAD)
atrocious(VERY BAD)
diremainly UKinformal
dreadful(LOW QUALITY)mainly UK
frightfulold-fashionedinformal
grim(WITHOUT HOPE)
horrendous
horrible
horridold-fashionedinformal
terrible(UNPLEASANT)
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

bad weather, conditions, situations, etc.
badIf the weather is bad, we'll have to find something else to do.
poorShe's 87 and in poor health.
direThe predictions for the economy are dire.
grimShe was quickly brought back to the grim reality of her life.
awfulThe smell from the bins was awful.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a bad person, action, etc.
badA very bad man is getting what he deserves.
evilHe was an evil dictator who murdered his own people.
wickedRapunzel was trapped inside a tower by a wicked witch.
awfulShe was truly awful to him through their entire marriage.
terribleHe was a terrible husband.
If the party is awful, we can always leave .
The hotel was awful! To begin with, our room was far too small.这家旅馆太差了!首先是我们的房间太小。
The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.内战的阴云笼罩着全国。
It's a good job they didn't go camping last weekend - the weather was awful.幸亏他们上个周末没去野营——天气糟透了。
They live downwind of a pig-farm and sometimes the smell is awful.他们住在养猪场的下风处,有时那里的气味非常难闻。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not of good quality
am-dram
appallingly
atrocious
atrociously
awfulness
cheapo
cheesy
hacky
inadequacy
inadequate
inadequately
janky
shite
skanky
sort
tawdrily
tawdriness
tawdry
trinket
wretched

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Serious and unpleasant

awfuladjective (VERY GREAT)


B2[ before noun ]
very great: 极大的;很多的
I don't know an awful lot(= very much)about art, but I'm learning.我对艺术知道的不是特别多,但是我正在学。
Fortunately it won't make an awful lot of difference if I don't pass the test.幸好,我就是过不了考试也没有太大的关系。
It was an awful risk to take.那样做太冒险了。
There's an awful lot of smut on television these days.如今的电视里充斥了大量淫秽画面。
There's an awful lot of work to be done.有许许多多的工作要做。
It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night.每晚都做饭是件特别讨厌的事。
It takes an awful long time to travel across the city on public transport.
I'm feeling an awful lot better, thanks.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: very & extreme
abjectly
absolutely
abundantly
abundantly clear
beyond
biblical
downright
extraordinarily
extremely
infinitely
particularly
richly
stupefyingly
super
super-duper
super-spectacular
superabundantly
totally
violently
whatever

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awfulness

awful | American Dictionary


awful
adjective
us/ˈɔ·fəl/
very bad, unpleasant, or of low quality:
The weather was awful the whole time – cold and wet.
Fox TV has canceled the truly awful sitcom "Monty" after a short tryout.
Awful also means very great or large:
We're spending an awful amount of money!

Idiom


an awful lot
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