awful
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good. 令人討厭的
We met and I thought he was awful. 我們見了麪,我覺得他令人討厭。
...an awful smell of paint. …一股難聞的油漆味。
2. ADJ If you say that something is awful, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad. 糟透的
Her injuries were massive. It was awful. 她的傷勢很嚴重,糟透了。
3. ADJ If you look or feel awful, you look or feel ill. 難受的[v-link ADJ]
I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful. 我幾乎沒睡,感覺挺難受。
4. ADJ You can use awful with noun groups that refer to an amount in order to emphasize how large that amount is. 極度的[ADJ n] [強調]
I've got an awful lot of work to do. 我有極多的工作要做。
5. awfullyADV 極度地
The caramel looks awfully good. 這種黃油嬭糖看上去棒極了。
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awful /ˈɔːfʊl/
剑桥词典
- If the party is awful, we can always leave .
- The hotel was awful! To begin with, our room was far too small .
- The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country .
- It's a good job they didn't go camping last weekend - the weather was awful.
- They live downwind of a pig-farm and sometimes the smell is awful.
- There's an awful lot of smut on television these days .
- There's an awful lot of work to be done.
- It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night .
- It takes an awful long time to travel across the city on public transport .
- I'm feeling an awful lot better , thanks . 返回 awful
awful adjective (BAD)
extremely bad or unpleasant極壞的;惡劣的;糟糕的;令人極不愉快的
He suffered awful injuries in the crash . 他在撞車事故中受了重傷。
We had awful weather . 我們碰上了糟糕的天氣。
She has an awful boss . 她的老板極難相処。
What an awful thing to say! 說這種話,太不像話了!
Would life be so awful without a car ? 沒有車,日子就那麽難過嗎?
The food was awful. 這食物糟糕透頂。
She'd been ill and she looked awful. 她一直在生病,氣色糟透了。
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awful adjective (VERY GREAT)
[ 衹用在名詞前麪的形容詞 ]very great
極大的;很多的
I don't know an awful lot (= very much) about art , but I'm learning . 我對藝術知道的不是特別多,但是我正在學。
Fortunately it won't make an awful lot of difference if I don't pass the test . 幸好,我就是過不了考試也沒有太大的關系。
It was an awful risk to take. 那樣做太冒險了。
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