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a. 可怕的, 庄严的, 虔敬的

发音

US /ˈɔ.fəl/
UK /ˈɔː.fʊl/
UK /ˈɔː.fəl/
UK /ˈɔː.fɫ̩/
其它 /aːfə(l)/

词形变化

awfulest awfuller 比较级 awfuller awfullest more awful 比较级 awfullest 最高级 most awful 最高级

别名

awe-ful awe-full orful awfull aweful awefull

教材释义与例句

形容词

可怕的；极坏的；使人敬畏的

making you feel great respect or fear

The weather was awful.

天气很糟糕。

释义与例句

adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Very bad.

    坏

    糟糕

    The smell of my socks is awful.

    We saw such an awful film last night that we left the theater before the end.

  2. 2.

    Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.

    非常

    I have learnt an awful amount today.

  3. 3.

    Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.

    厉害

    可怕

    过时
  4. 4.

    Awe-inspiring; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.

    令人惊叹的

    古体
  5. 5.

    Struck or filled with awe or reverence.

    肃然起敬的

    古体
  6. 6.

    Terror-stricken.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    Prone to a particular temptation.

    爱尔兰
adv.
  1. 1.

    Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    Very, extremely.

    很

    非常

    加拿大 美国 非正式

    That's an awful big house.

    She seemed awful nice when I met her yesterday.

    He was blubbering away something awful.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

amazing terrible awesome nasty painful dreadful tremendous frightening dread dire

近义相关 10

mean bad dirty extraordinary impressive filthy lousy hateful alarming grotty

参见 1

unpleasant
副词

同义词 3

terribly awfully frightfully

相关短语

god-awful a. 非常可怕的, 可憎的 awful but lawful lawful but awful something awful god awful

词源

From Middle English agheful, awfull, auful, aȝefull, equivalent to awe + -ful. Compare Old English eġeful, eġefull (“terrifying; awful”). The “very bad” sense is a pejorative semantic shift from the original sense of “awe-inspiring”.

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