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单词 awful
释义

awful

音标['?:ful]

汉语翻译

a. 可怕的, 庄严的, 虔敬的

词型变化:

名词:awfulness 副词:awfully 

词意辨析:

afraid, fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible, terrific, appalling
这些形容词均含“害怕的、可怕的”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 * 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。

英语解释:

形容词 awful:

  1. exceptionally bad or displeasing
    同义词:atrocious, abominable, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
  2. causing fear or dread or terror
    同义词:dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
  3. offensive or even (of persons) malicious- Ezra Pound
    同义词:nasty
  4. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
    同义词:awed
  5. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
    同义词:frightful, terrible, tremendous
  6. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
    同义词:amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing

副词 awful:

  1. used as intensifiers
    同义词:terribly, awfully, frightfully

例句:

  1. It would be awful if he found out the truth.
    如果他发现了真相,那就糟了。
  2. It was awful to see him in such pain.
    看到他这样痛苦真叫人难过。

详细解释:


aw.ful

adj.(形容词)
Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible:
可怕的,厉害的:极糟糕的或令人不愉快的;可怕的:
例句:
had an awful day at the office.
在办公室里度过了糟糕的一天

Commanding awe:
畏惧的:
例句:
.this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.(Herman Melville)
.大海有些令人畏惧的波动似乎在诉说着隐藏在下面的热情.(赫尔曼·梅尔维尔)

Filled with awe, especially:
充满敬畏的:充满敬畏的,尤指:
Filled with or displaying great reverence.
虔敬的:充满或表现出极大的敬重的
Obsolete Afraid.
【废语】 恐惧的
Formidable in nature or extent:
艰难的:在性质或程度上令人畏惧的:
例句:
an awful burden; an awful risk.
艰难的重担;可怕的冒险

adv.Informal (副词)【非正式用语】
Extremely; very:
极度地;非常:
例句:
was awful sick.
病得很重


来源:
Middle English aweful [awe-inspiring]
中古英语 aweful [引起畏惧的]
blend of awe [awe] * see awe
混合了 awe [害怕的] *参见 awe
*ayfull [awful] from Old English egefull ege [dread] -full [-ful]
*ayfull [畏惧的] 源自 古英语 egefull ege [害怕;惧怕] -full [后缀,表充满…的或易于…的]

【引伸】
aw.fully
adv.(副词)
aw.fulness
n.(名词)

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