英汉词典

terrible 基本解释

• adj. 可怕的；很糟的；令人讨厌的
• adv. 很，非常

terrible 词态变化

terrible 中文词源

来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-ible,形容词后缀。

terrible 英文词源

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.

terrible 英文释义

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. 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"

4. extremely distressing;

"fearful slum conditions"

"a frightful mistake"

"suffered terrible thirst"

terrible 同义词解析

afraid, fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible, terrific, appalling

这些形容词均含"害怕的，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。

terrible 双语例句

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。

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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。

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3. I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.

我头很痛，已经酩酊大醉。

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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。

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5. He must be made answerable for these terrible crimes.

他必须对这些可恶的罪行负责。

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terrible 实用场景例句

a terrible experience

令人极不愉快的经历

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What terrible news!

多么骇人听闻的消息！

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I've just had a terrible thought.

我刚刚产生了一个可怕的想法。

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a terrible accident

重大事故

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He had suffered terrible injuries.

他受了重伤。

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I feel terrible─I think I'll go to bed.

我觉得难受，想去睡觉了。

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a terrible meal

劣质餐食

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Your driving is terrible!

你的驾驶技术真是糟糕透了！

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(informal)I had a terrible job (= it was very difficult) to persuade her to come.

为劝她来，我费尽了口舌。

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a terrible mistake

严重的错误

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to be in terrible pain

处于极度痛苦之中

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The room was in a terrible mess.

房间里脏乱不堪。

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Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster...

还有成千上万的人在那场全世界最严重的工业灾难中受了重伤。

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I often have the most terrible nightmares...

我常做很吓人的噩梦。

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He did feel terrible at the time but seems to be fine now...

他当时确实很难受，但现在似乎好了。

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Are you all right? You look terrible. Are you sick?

你没事儿吧？你的脸色很难看，生病了吗？

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She admits her French is terrible.

她承认自己的法语很蹩脚。

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I was a terrible fool, you know. I remember that now...

你知道，我那时愚蠢至极。我至今还记得。

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Her death is a terrible waste.

她死得太不值了。

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We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.

表面上道貌岸然的人或有声望的家庭,却有着骇人听闻,多年不让人知道的秘密,这样的事情我们经常在小说里读到.

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Ken and I took Mocky to a bookstore.

肯和我带着莫奇去了一家书店.

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It's hard to pick yourself up after such a terrible shock.

经历这样可怕的打击后,就很难再振奋起来了.

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