horrendous

• adj. 可怕的；惊人的

来自拉丁语horrere,恐惧，颤抖，词源同horror.引申词义恐怖的，骇人的。

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"

horrendous (adj.)

1650s, from Latin horrendus "dreadful, fearful, terrible," literally "to be shuddered at," gerundive of horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Earlier form in English was horrend (mid-15c.).

horrendously expensive

贵得离谱

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horrendous traffic

糟透了的交通

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horrendous injuries

可怕的伤势

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...the usually horrendous traffic jams.

常常糟糕透顶的交通堵塞

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Nor do their debts looks so horrendous when related to the value of their fixed assets.

如果和他们的固定资产值相比，他们的债务看起来也并不算惊人。

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The violence used was horrendous.

所使用的暴力骇人听闻。

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He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life...

他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。

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The hardships suffered were horrendous.

苦了骇人听闻的.

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And the rate of growth in some countries is horrendous.

而且在一些国家,感染人数的增长率还有点吓人.

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And, thinking about it, even the travelling wasn't always horrendous.

还有, 回想起来旅程不是每次都这么可怕的.

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The mining industry in China has a horrendous safety record.

中国的煤矿工业具有令人不安的安全记录.

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Horrendous dps now , not even worth queueing up, no point gear, it wont be enough.

现在那可怕的输出基本上不用去排竞技场了, 点数连换便当都做不到, 咱们已经一无所有了.

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We're told Tehran weather is unpredictable and horrendous.

我们听说德黑兰的天气变幻莫测、风云险恶.

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Killer body on this Lyon left a horrendous mark.

凶手在这里昂具尸体上,留下了骇人标记.

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Drug treatment to address Afghanistan's horrendous heroin abuse problem can help to reduce demand.

解决阿富汗可怕的海洛因滥用问题的戒毒治疗,能有助于减少需求.

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How, he wondered, had he become a champion of the horrendous 35 th Amendment?

他不明白自己怎么也居然成为了恐怖的第三十五号修正案的辩护士了.

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The woman Transo found a horrendous secret when she was going to finish that checking up.

她从男人弯着托后脑勺的一只胳膊间,看到了门口廊沿上那个女人的胸.

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He decucted that only one person was capable of committing such a horrendous crime.

他推断出只有一个人能够犯下如此可怕的案子.

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That colour scheme is horrendous.

那样的色彩设计真让人吃惊.

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Under horrendous conditions you are doing a wonderful job.

在这种可怕的情况下,你们做得非常好.

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Horrendous ethnic killings have been occurring with regularity in our neighbouring country bya Body of water.

与我国一衣带水的邻国,近来就不断发生惨绝人寰的种族屠杀事件.

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It would be pointless to repeat the details of the most horrendous crimes reported.

我无法重述我所听到的最残暴的罪行.

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The members of the Special Squads were " bearers of a horrendous secret "

特别队成员是可怕秘密的“搬运者 ”

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Rot creates horrendous smells that are putrid to experience.

腐坏创造了非常令人讨厌的可怕气味.

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Horrendous explosions shook the city.

可怕的爆炸震撼了这座城市.

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Many people witnessed the horrendous massacre.

许多人目击到该次令人不寒而栗的大屠杀.

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