| 词汇 | dreadful |
| 释义 | dreadful adjective uk /ˈdred.fəl/ us /ˈdred.fəl/ dreadfuladjective (FRIGHTENING)causing fear, shock, or suffering: The news report was so dreadful that I just had to switch it off. the dreadful sufferings of the people during this war Synonyms dire ghastly horrendous horrible horrific 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. the dreadful effects of climate change We lost our beloved father to this dreadful disease. The dreadful events of that day will never be forgotten. The consequences could be dreadful. Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness Gothically noxiously objectionable objectionably odious odiously unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably unsupportable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Frightening and scaring dreadfuladjective (LOW QUALITY)B2mainly UK of very low quality or very unpleasant: 可怕的;糟糕的;惊人的 The food was bad and the service was dreadful.食物很差劲，服务也很糟糕。 They played some dreadful music. Synonyms abominable abysmal(BAD) atrocious(VERY BAD) awful(BAD) diremainly UKinformal frightfulold-fashionedinformal grim(WITHOUT HOPE) horrendous horrible horridold-fashionedinformal terrible(UNPLEASANT) 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. She was wearing a dreadful pink flouncy skirt. His speech was dreadful - he just kept repeating himself.他的演讲令人生厌——他只是翻来覆去地重复那一点儿内容。 It was a truly dreadful performance. I've never seen the film, but it sounds dreadful. Not of good quality am-dram appallingly atrocious atrociously awfully awfulness cheesy inadequacy inadequate inadequately janky meretriciously shite sort tawdrily tawdriness tawdry thinness trinket wretched dreadfuladjective (VERY GREAT)mainly UKinformal used to emphasize the great degree of something: 极其 dreadful mistakeI was beginning to think I'd made a dreadful mistake. It's a dreadful shame you couldn't come. I'm sorry, the house is a dreadful mess. He's a dreadful gossip. I got in a dreadful muddle about the money. He woke up with a dreadful headache. Linguistics: very & extreme abjectly absolutely abundantly abundantly clear beyond biblical downright extraordinarily extremely infinitely particularly profoundly super super-duper super-spectacular superabundantly surpassingly totally violently whatever dreadful | American Dictionarydreadful adjective us/ˈdred·fəl/ very bad: I realized I had committed a dreadful mistake. dreadfullyadverbus/ˈdred·fə·li/ Examples of dreadfuldreadful They have a dreadful tendency to be the products of 'mere political theorising'. That supposedly dreadful tyrant, the playwright, is not deposed, but outright conquered; you have not jettisoned his words, but stolen them. We will see him in dreadful majesty, among choirs of angels and archangels. The darkest of hair and great dark eyes and in spite of the dreadful circumstances of his life a healthy looking complexion. I cannot tell, but they were tense and dreadful. Do you see dreadful serpents leap out from her head, do their long coils encircle and press in on you? Perhaps, he reflected, she was turned off by his dreadful spelling. It may, horrible as it is, still be better for the people so pushed against the wall in bargaining to accept such a dreadful deal. Fear also is, unfortunately, a dreadful feature of our open society. I understand the dreadful significance of a relapse: more challenging treatment regimens and a subsequent chiseling at my survival rate. He is certainly punished, but his is a comic, rather than a dreadful fate. Instead, brains succumbed to brawn with dreadful results. Fascinating in a dreadful sort of way, ultimately it is very depressing. Angiogenesis and the vascular density of tumours have been shown to be associated with tumour metastasis, the most dreadful part of neoplastic growth. I trust that he will appeal against this dreadful sentence. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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