frightful

[US]/'fraɪtfʊl/
[UK]/'fraɪtfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 嚇人的,令人驚恐的;可怕的
adv. 可怕地

Example Sentences

a frightful accident

可怕的意外

there's been a most frightful accident.

那裏發生了一件非常嚴重的事故。

her hair was a frightful mess.

她的頭髮亂作一團。

she has frightful taste in literature.

她的文學鑑賞力很糟。

Ellen froze with terror at the frightful sight.

埃倫被這種恐怖場面嚇得發抖。

We're having frightful weather these days.

這幾天天氣壞極了。

How frightful to have a husband who snores!

有一個發鼾聲的丈夫多討厭啊!

"Due to the unremitting efforts of the leaders of the two countries, a frightful was disaster was avoided."

"由於兩國領導人的不懈努力,一次可怕的戰爭災難避免了。"

He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

"他看上去臉色蒼白,全身衣服弄得一團糟。"

It was with the greatest difficulty that the boy gathered the strength to speak,but spoke with a frightful emphasis.

那個男孩艱難地、費了很大力氣說出話來,然而他吐字有力,使人驚懼。

Real-world Examples

There also we encounter the hippopotamus and the still more frightful rhinoceros.

我們還在那裏遇見過河馬甚至還有更嚇人的犀牛。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 6

I had been entrusted With the most frightful weapon ever devised.

我受委託 攜帶着有史以來人類發明出的最可怕的武器。

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

Something frightful was about to descend on him.

可怕的災禍就要降臨到他頭上了。

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

The frightful sight frightened the little girl into crying.

這個可怕的景象把小女孩嚇哭了。

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

他面色蒼白,衣服也搞得不成樣子。

Source: New Concept English, British English Version, Book Two (Translation)

Minister, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is in a frightful state.

大臣,外交及聯邦事務部現在很慌亂。

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

Either they get into a frightful bate or they start blubbing.

她們要麼氣炸要麼哭鼻子。

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

Then the man advanced and deliberately dealt him a frightful blow on the nose.

接着,那個人走上來照準他的鼻子打了一惡棒。

Source: The Call of the Wild

" It was frightful. I've never been more frightened in my life" .

" 真嚇人,我這一輩子從來沒受過這樣的驚嚇。"

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

With a frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.

隨着一聲可怕的大吼,它可以抓住一個人,並致他於死。

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 2

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