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appalling adj.
⇨ terrible 3terrible3 adjective ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ bad 另见bad条a terrible thing to say 难听的话a terrible mess 脏乱不堪a terrible accident 可怕的事故The acting was terrible. 表演糟透了。terrible ♦︎ awful ♦︎ appalling ♦︎ horrible ♦︎ dreadful ♦︎ horrific ♦︎ horrifying ♦︎ gruesomeThese words all describe sth that is extremely shocking or frightening, or that causes great harm. 这些词均表示令人震惊的、骇人听闻的，或造成极大伤害的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a terrible / an awful / an appalling / a horrible / a dreadful / a horrific / a horrifying / a gruesome scene / sight◆a terrible / an awful / an appalling / a horrible / a dreadful / a horrific crime◆terrible / appalling / horrible / dreadful / horrific injuries◆terrible / awful / appalling / horrible / dreadful / horrific pain / suffering◆a terrible / an awful / an appalling / a horrible / a dreadful / a horrific nightmare◆a terrible / an awful / an appalling / a horrible / a dreadful tragedy◆terrible / awful / appalling / dreadful consequences◆a terrible / an appalling / a horrible / a dreadful / a horrific / a horrifying accident / incident◆a terrible / an awful / a horrible / a dreadful / a horrific / a horrifying / a gruesome death◆a terrible / an awful / a horrible / a dreadful / a gruesome fate◆a terrible / an awful / a horrible / a dreadful cry / scream◆a terrible / an awful / a dreadful / a horrific / a horrifying / a gruesome ordeal◆a terrible / a dreadful / horrific / gruesome attack◆a terrible / horrible / dreadful / horrific / gruesome murder◆a terrible / a horrible / a horrific slaughter / massacre◆to be in a terrible / an awful / an appalling / a dreadful state◆absolutely / quite terrible / awful / appalling / horrible / dreadful / horrific / horrifying◆truly terrible / awful / appalling / horrible / dreadful / horrific / gruesome◆really terrible / awful / appalling / horrible / dreadful / horrific◆particularly terrible / awful / horrible / dreadful / horrific / horrifying / gruesome◆pretty terrible / awful / horrible / dreadful / horrific / gruesome◆It's terrible / awful / horrible / dreadful / horrific / horrifying to see / think...■ terrible very bad or serious; involving great harm or injury 非常严重的；危害极大的；造成极大伤害的◆He had suffered terrible injuries.他受了重伤。◆It was the night of that terrible storm.那是个狂风暴雨的夜晚。◆I'll have to stay with her－she's in a terrible state.我得陪着她－她的状态很不好。▸ terribly adverb ◆They suffered terribly when their son was killed.儿子遇难之后，他们悲痛欲绝。◆The experiment went terribly wrong.这次实验出了大问题。■ awful very bad or shocking; involving great suffering 骇人听闻的；可怕的；痛苦的◆He had never known the awful horrors of war.此前他从不知晓战争是如此恐怖。◆I woke from the most awful nightmare.我从极其可怕的噩梦中醒来。 OPP great ⇨ great 1 ■ appalling / /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ / (BrE or formal, NAmE) very bad or shocking; involving great suffering or cruelty 骇人听闻的；可怕的；痛苦的；残忍的◆The prisoners were living in appalling conditions.囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。◆The regime has an appalling record on human rights.那个政权的人权记录极其糟糕。▸ appallingly adverb ◆They had to work under appallingly difficult circumstances.他们不得不在极为困难的环境下工作。NOTE 辨析 Terrible, awful or appalling? Awful is used more often to describe events and experiences. Typical collocates are dream, event, experience, happening and nightmare. Appalling is most often used to describe accidents, crimes and the results of these as well as bad social conditions. Typical collocates are accident, atrocity, tragedy, attack, crash, injuries, conditions, deprivation, hardship, human rights record and poverty. Appalling is mostly used in British English. You can use terrible in all these examples in both British and American English, although it is slightly less strong than appalling. * awful更常描述事件和经历，常见搭配词有dream、event、experience、happening和nightmare。appalling最常描述事故、犯罪及其结果，以及不良的社会状况，常见搭配词有accident、atrocity、tragedy、attack、crash、injury、condition、deprivation、hardship、human rights record和poverty。appalling最常用于英式英语中。在美式和英式英语中，所有这些例子均可用terrible，但terrible比appalling语气稍弱。■ horrible extremely shocking or frightening 令人震惊的；恐怖的◆She woke from a horrible nightmare.她从恐怖的噩梦中醒来。ⓘ When horrible is used in this meaning, it is usually used with words such as murder, mutilation, nightmare, injuries, slaughter and screaming, or in the phrase It was horrible. 表达此义时，horrible一般与murder、mutilation、nightmare、injury、slaughter和screaming连用，或用于It was horrible这一惯用法中。▸ horribly adverb ◆The experiment went horribly wrong.这次实验出了大问题。■ dreadful / /ˈdredfl/ / [usually before noun] terrible 非常严重的；危害极大的；造成极大伤害的◆There's been a dreadful accident.曾经发生过一起可怕的事故。▸ dreadfully adverb ◆They suffered dreadfully during the war.他们在战争中遭受了巨大的痛苦。NOTE 辨析 Terrible or dreadful? Terrible often suggests that you are personally upset by the experience; using dreadful can suggest that you are personally slightly less emotionally involved in the experience. * terrible常意味着说话者对某事打心里觉得难过，用dreadful可意味着说话者投入的个人情感略少。■ horrific / /həˈrɪfɪk/ / extremely shocking or frightening 令人震惊的；恐怖的◆There's been a horrific murder.曾经发生过一起骇人听闻的谋杀。◆Her injuries were horrific.她的伤势极为严重。◆She's been through a horrific ordeal.她经历了极为恐怖的磨难。■ horrifying extremely shocking or frightening 令人震惊的；恐怖的◆It was a horrifying experience.那是非常可怕的经历。◆It's horrifying to see such poverty.看到这种贫困状况令人震惊。NOTE 辨析 Horrific or horrifying? Horrific is often used to talk about things which affect people directly, such as injuries, wounds, burns and death. Horrifying is more often used with words for events and experiences, such as accident, dream, event, incident, ordeal, sight and story. It is also used in the expression it's horrifying to see/think sth. * horrific常描述对人有直接影响的事物，如injury、wound、burn和death。horrifying更常与表示事件或经历的词连用，如accident、dream、event、incident、ordeal、sight和story。horrifying还用于it's horrifying to see/think sth这种句式◆It's horrific to see such poverty. ■ gruesome / /ˈgruːsəm/ / very unpleasant and filling you with horror, usually because it is connected with death or injury （常因与死亡或伤害有关）令人厌恶的，恐怖的，可怕的◆a particularly gruesome murder特别骇人听闻的谋杀◆We were shown gruesome pictures of dead bodies.给我们展示了恐怖的死人照片。 |