terrible
英 ['terɪb(ə)l]
美['tɛrəbl]
- adj. 可怕的；很糟的；令人讨厌的
- adv. 很，非常
词态变化
比较级: more terrible;最高级: most terrible;
中文词源
terrible 可怕的
来自 terror,恐惧，惊恐，-ible,形容词后缀。
英英释意
- 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"
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.
同义词辨析
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。
考试真题
- Brown? You know, Ben’s given up making those terrible faces he used to make.
出自-2017年6月听力原文
- The weather is terrible, particularly in winter, and there's no interesting old city to make up for it, as there is in Boston.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- It was terrible at first, especially getting up before dawn to catch that 6:30 train.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- Yes, but I was going to say I thought the acting was terrible.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
- A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a persistent bad cough.
2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- Let's start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on a computer, using a link on the web page, or just texting someone.
2017年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B
- The weather is terrible, particularly in winter, and there's no interesting old city to make up for it, as there is in Boston.
2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
- Traffic was terrible but the people are friendly.
2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B
- You know, Ben's given up making those terrible faces he used to make.
2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B
- In an interview with the Paris Review Hughes speculated that when a person puts pen to paper, "you meet the terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it, when you couldn't write at all".
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- What a terrible memory you have!
出自-2010年6月听力原文
- That sounds pretty terrible, but the loss of life has decreased by a factor of 10 simply because we are getting better at warning people.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- A terrible sorrow washed over me.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- Cathy suffered some terrible illness in her early childhood.
2016年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文
- He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain.
2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文
- He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again.
2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- If he hadn't reacted quickly, there could have been a terrible accident.
2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 完形填空 原文
- In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio.
2014年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文
- It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible crowds on the roads above as they travelled to and from word.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
- It was so terrible I burst out crying.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- When we complained about the terrible smell, dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
实用场景例句
- a terrible experience
- 令人极不愉快的经历
牛津词典
- What terrible news!
- 多么骇人听闻的消息！
牛津词典
- I've just had a terrible thought.
- 我刚刚产生了一个可怕的想法。
牛津词典
- 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！
牛津词典
- (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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I often have the most terrible nightmares...
- 我常做很吓人的噩梦。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She admits her French is terrible.
- 她承认自己的法语很蹩脚。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her death is a terrible waste.
- 她死得太不值了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
《用法词典》
- Ken and I took Mocky to a bookstore.
- 肯和我带着莫奇去了一家书店.
期刊摘选
- 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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