dreadful
英 ['dredf?l; -f(?)l]
美['dr?df?l]
- adj. 可怕的；糟透的，令人不快的
CET6TEM4IELTSTOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯
英文詞源
- dreadful (adj.)
- early 13c., "full of dread," from dread (n.) + -ful. Meaning "causing dread" is from mid-13c.; weakened sense of "very bad" is from c. 1700. Related: Dreadfully.
雙語例句
- 1. He admitted that the government was in "a dreadful hole".
- 他承認(rèn)政府目前“處境極為尷尬”。
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- 2. The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.
- 受害者受了重傷，大量失血。
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- 3. It sounds as if they might have made a dreadful mistake.
- 聽起來他們似乎犯下了一個可怕的錯誤。
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- 4. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.
- 最后，他們狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到處都是。
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- 5. Dreadful doubts began to enter my mind.
- 我開始產(chǎn)生了可怕的懷疑。
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