terrible是什么意思_terrible怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

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"

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;"severe pain"
"a severe case of flu"
"a terrible cough"
"under wicked fire from the enemy"s guns"
"a wicked cough"

extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact;"in a frightful hurry"
"spent a frightful amount of money"

中英词源

terrible 可怕的

来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-ible,形容词后缀。

terrible (adj.): late 14c., "causing terror, awe, or dread; frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (cognates: Sanskrit trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Greek treëin "to tremble," Lithuanian trišeti "to tremble," Old Church Slavonic treso "I shake," Middle Irish tarrach "timid"). Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1590s.

词态变化

比较级 more terrible;
最高级 most terrible;

权威造句

1. The evening show was terrible, with hesitant unsure performances from all.: 晚上的演出很糟，所有人都缩手缩脚，显得很不自信。

2. It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self-esteem.: 这件事如此丢脸，深深地挫伤了我的自尊心。

3. I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.: 我头很痛，已经酩酊大醉。

4. Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.: 现在的房子大多质量差劲透顶，肯定都是偷工减料盖起来的。

5. He must be made answerable for these terrible crimes.: 他必须对这些可恶的罪行负责。

近反义词

awful

dreadful

fearful

horrible

相似短语

terrible disease 可怕的病

ivan the terrible phr. 伊凡四世

sound terrible 听起来不好;不怎样

enfant terrible n.(说话行事)使大人难堪的孩子,发奇问而无忌讳之儿童,缺乏责任心的人

terrible dream 可怕的梦，恶梦

a terrible business 麻烦事, 不幸的事

单词分析

这些形容词均含“害怕的、可怕的”之意。
afraid指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
fearful普通用词，既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧，又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
awful指威严得令人害怕或敬畏，有一定的感情色彩。
dreadful指使人非常恐惧，毛骨悚然，也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
frightful指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible侧重指给人以长久的惊骇，极端的恐怖，令人难以忍受。
horrible指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然，着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
terrific多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
appalling指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。

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