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awful

音標['ɒ:ful] 讀音

漢語翻譯

a. 可怕的, 莊嚴的, 虔敬的

詞型變化:

名詞:awfulness 副詞:awfully 

詞意辨析:

afraid, fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible, terrific, appalling
這些形容詞均含“害怕的、可怕的”之意。
afraid: 指由於膽小或怯懦而不敢說或做某事。
fearful: 普通用詞,既指外界情況變化而引起的恐懼,又指來自內心的害怕與焦慮
awful: 指威嚴得令人害怕或敬畏,有一定的感 * 彩。
dreadful: 指使人非常恐懼,毛骨悚然,也使人感到討厭退縮
frightful: 指使人陷入短暫的驚恐或產生毛骨悚然的感覺。
terrible: 側重指給人以長久驚駭極端的恐怖,令人難以忍受。
horrible: 指因駭人聽聞的醜惡而令人毛骨悚然,著重厭惡的成分多於害怕。
terrific: 多指外表、形狀或力量等的可怕。
appalling: 指既令害怕又使人驚異、膽寒。

英文解釋:

形容詞 awful:

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

副詞 awful:

  1. used as intensifiers
    同義詞:terribly, awfully, frightfully

例句:

  1. It would be awful if he found out the truth.
    如果他發現了真相,那就糟了。
  2. It was awful to see him in such pain.
    看到他這樣痛苦真叫人難過。

詳細解釋:


aw.ful

adj.(形容詞)
Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible:
可怕的,厲害的:極糟糕的或令人不愉快的;可怕的:
例句:
had an awful day at the office.
在辦公室里度過了糟糕的一天

Commanding awe:
畏懼的:
例句:
.this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.(Herman Melville)
.大海有些令人畏懼的波動似乎在訴說著隱藏在下面的熱情.(赫爾曼·梅爾維爾)

Filled with awe, especially:
充滿敬畏的:充滿敬畏的,尤指:
Filled with or displaying great reverence.
虔敬的:充滿或表現出極大的敬重的
Obsolete Afraid.
【廢語】 恐懼的
Formidable in nature or extent:
艱難的:在性質程度上令人畏懼的:
例句:
an awful burden; an awful risk.
艱難的重擔;可怕的冒險

adv.Informal (副詞)【非正式用語】
Extremely; very:
極度地;非常:
例句:
was awful sick.
病得很重

來源:
Middle English aweful [awe-inspiring]
中古英文 aweful [引起畏懼的]
blend of awe [awe] * see awe
混合了 awe [害怕的] *參見 awe
*ayfull [awful] from Old English egefull ege [dread] -full [-ful]
*ayfull [畏懼的] 源自 古英文 egefull ege [害怕;懼怕] -full [後綴,表充滿…的或易於…的]

【引伸】
aw.fully
adv.(副詞)
aw.fulness
n.(名詞)

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