horrendous

英 [həˈrendəs]

美 [həˈrendəs]

adj.  令人震惊的; 骇人的; 讨厌得难以容忍的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11261 / COCA.11785

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人震惊的；骇人的
  extremely shocking
  1. horrendous injuries
     可怕的伤势
• 讨厌得难以容忍的
  extremely unpleasant and unacceptable
  1. horrendous traffic
     糟透了的交通

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 骇人的;令人震惊的
  Something that ishorrendousis very unpleasant or shocking.
  1. 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。
  2. The violence used was horrendous.
     所使用的暴力骇人听闻。
• ADJ-GRADED （数量、程度等）大得惊人的，极其过分的
  Some people usehorrendousto describe something that is so big or great that they find it extremely unpleasant.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the usually horrendous traffic jams.
     常常糟糕透顶的交通堵塞

英英释义

adj

• causing fear or dread or terror
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse
  Synonym:awfuldiredirefuldread(a)dreadeddreadfulfearfulfearsomefrighteninghorrificterrible

双语例句

• Every time he does something horrendous, think how much you will enjoy retelling the anecdote later on.
  每当他做出一些可怕的事情，就想一想你随后讲述这段轶事的时候将是多么有趣。
• How many black males were involved in the horrendous rapes, murders and torture in Iraq and Afghanistan?
  有多少黑人参与了那些发生在伊拉克和阿富汗的强奸，谋杀，凌虐事件？
• I did this film because I believe that if we as a country are going to cause such disorder we must also be prepared to face the horrendous images that result from these events.
  我创作这部电影的原因在于我相信如果我们这样的国家引起了如此大的混乱，那么我们也应该准备好去面对由此局面而产生的可怕的结果。
• There's a horrendous amount of work to do.
  要做的工作多得惊人。
• The horrendous Spanish detective becomes a bodyward in his new third adventure.
  西班牙侦探开始了他可怕的第三次航行。
• And these challenges will grow more pronounced as we are confronted with states that are fragile or failing& places where horrendous violence can put innocent men, women and children at risk, with no hope of protection from their national institutions.
  当我们面对那些脆弱或失败的国家时，这些挑战变得越发明显在那些地方，骇人听闻的暴力将无辜的男女和儿童置于危险之中，没有希望得到国家机构的保护。
• She suffered from the most horrendous allergies.
  她在遭受最可怕敏感症的折磨。
• Had Mali become a second Somalia, the political and economic costs would have been horrendous.
  如果马里变成第二个索马里，政治和经济代价将非常可怕。
• It was a horrendous experience.
  那是一次可怕的经历。
• Poor man, he is a soul, but his soul was the horrendous destruction of the world.
  可怜的人，他是有灵魂的，只是他的灵魂被世人摧残得不成样子了。