horrifying

[US]/ˈhɔrɪfaɪɪŋ/
[UK]/'hɔrɪfaɪɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 令人恐懼的 使人驚駭的
Word Forms
現在分詞horrifying

Example Sentences

the results of a trade war are too horrifying to contemplate.

貿易戰的後果太可怕了,難以想像。

the police were pricked into action by the horrifying sight.

恐怖的場面驅使警察採取行動。

horrifying news that sent them into a panic.

使人恐怖的消息使他陷入驚慌

The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.

戰爭的可能性太可怕了, 真不堪細想。

He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was.

他極力指出戰爭是多麼的恐怖。

He followed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes from his own past.

他接下去講了幾件有關自己過去的令人震驚的軼事。

Real-world Examples

If you are a fierce advocate of workplace diversity, you'll no doubt be horrified by such a revelation.

如果你是工作場所多元化的堅定擁護者,那麼你無疑會對這樣的發現感到震驚。

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

There are also some horrifying, Game of Thrones kinda experiments in this footage.

這視頻裏還有些恐怖的玩意,比如這個像權利的遊戲裏的場景一樣的實驗。

Source: Two-Minute Paper

And instead, they got a very different kind of explosion but just as horrifying.

而現在,雖然爆炸方式完全不同,但同樣可怕。

Source: NPR News September 2020 Compilation

Maybe I was a social butterfly, or a social animal less horrifying than a butterfly.

說不定我是擅長交際的花蝴蝶,或是別的比蝴蝶可愛的羣居動物。

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

And I was horrified by the results.

結果讓我震驚。

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

In fact, Rembrandt's in the process of doing something which horrified the classical academicians.

事實上,倫勃朗正在做某件事,其結果會令古典學院派大喫一驚。

Source: The Power of Art - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Luca was horrified, but he obeyed anyway.

盧卡嚇壞了,但他還是照做了。

Source: Summer friends, sunny days.

They dreamed up a variety of horrifying scenarios.

他們夢想到一系列恐怖的場景。

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

Horrifying flashbacks, but still, great song.

特別可怕的回憶。但是這首歌是很好的。

Source: The private playlist of a celebrity.

Because it was horrifying and awful!

因爲這件事太恐怖太可怕!

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

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