frightful
frightful 英 [ˈfraɪtfl] 美 [ˈfraɪtfəl]
adj. 可怕的；惊人的；非常的
A frightful traffic disaster was avoided. 一次可怕的交通事故避免了。
My pulse quickened when I saw the frightful sight. 当我看到这个可怕的景象时，我的脉搏跳得更快了。
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- adj. 可怕的；惊人的；非常的
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1. A frightful traffic disaster was avoided.
一次可怕的交通事故避免了。
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2. My pulse quickened when I saw the frightful sight.
当我看到这个可怕的景象时，我的脉搏跳得更快了。
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3. You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil could it be otherwise in her frightful isolation?
你说她的心绪紊乱，她处在那种可怕的孤独中，不这样又能怎么样呢？
- frightful (adj.) mid-13c., "timid, fearful, full of terror," from fright (n.) + -ful. The prevailing modern sense of "alarming, full of occasion for fright" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dreadful, horrible, shocking" (often hyperbolic) is attested from c. 1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing." Related: Frightfully; frightfulness. Middle English also had frighty "causing fear," also "afraid" (mid-13c.).
fright·ful / ˈfraɪtfl ; NAmE ˈfraɪtfl / adjective ( old-fashioned) ( especially BrE) 1 ( informal) used to emphasize how bad sth is 极坏的；很糟的 SYN awful , terrible ◆ It was absolutely frightful! 简直糟透了！ ◆ This room's in a frightful mess. 房间里乱七八糟。 2 very serious or unpleasant 十分严重的；令人很不愉快的 SYN awful , terrible ◆ a frightful accident 十分严重的事故 fright·ful / ˈfraɪtfl ; NAmE ˈfraɪtfl /
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