horrendous是什么意思_horrendous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"

中英词源

horrendous 恐怖的，骇人的

来自拉丁语horrere,恐惧，颤抖，词源同horror.引申词义恐怖的，骇人的。

horrendous (adj.): 1650s, from Latin horrendus "dreadful, fearful, terrible," literally "to be shuddered at," gerundive of horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Earlier form in English was horrend (mid-15c.).

词态变化

副词 horrendously;

权威造句

1. The violence used was horrendous.: 所使用的暴力骇人听闻。

2. Nor do their debts looks so horrendous when related to the value of their fixed assets.: 如果和他们的固定资产值相比，他们的债务看起来也并不算惊人。

3. Holidays can be horrendous. All right, I"ll rephrase that. The first few days are invariably hell.: 假期可能会糟糕透顶。好吧，让我换一种说法。最初的几天总是如同炼狱。

4. He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.: 他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。

5. We"re told Tehran weather is unpredictable and horrendous.: 我们听说德黑兰的天气变幻莫测、风云险恶.

近反义词

fearful 担心的

alarming 惊人的

horrible 可怕的

frightful 可怕的

dreadful 可怕的

awful 糟糕的

dire 可怕的

terrible 可怕的

horrific 可怕的

unbearable 无法忍受的

atrocious 残暴的

unspeakable 不能以言语表达的...

ghastly 可怕的

outrageous 过分的

exorbitant (价格等)过高的...

sky-high 极高

direful 可怕的

fearsome 吓人的

frightening 令人恐惧的

dreaded 令人畏惧的

dread 惧怕

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记忆方法

1. horror, horrible => horrendous.

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