基本释义
- adj.
- 令人讨厌的; 可怕的; 不舒服的; 非常的; （量）极多的
- adv.
- 极其，非常
词性变化
- 名词:awfulness;
实用例句
Clint is awful smart.
克林特机灵极了。
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the awful horrors of war
骇人听闻的战争恐怖
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[不可数名词]the sheer awfulness of the situation
糟透了的情况
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There's an awful smell in here.
这里有股很难闻的味道。
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The awful thing is, it was my fault.
糟糕的是，这是我的过失。
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It's going to cost an awful lot of money.
这要花非常多的钱。
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There's not an awful lot of room.
没有很多的空间。
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I feel an awful lot better than I did yesterday.
我觉得身体比昨天好得多了。
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(British English)I had an awful job persuading him to come (= it was very difficult) .
说服他来真是费劲死了。
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to look/feel awful (= to look/feel ill)
面带病容；感到很不舒服
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I feel awful about forgetting her birthday.
我忘了她的生日，感到很难过。
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The weather last summer was awful.
去年夏季天气真坏。
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That's an awful colour.
那颜色难看得很。
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‘They didn't even offer to pay. ’ ‘Oh that's awful. ’
“他们甚至不主动付钱。”“哦，这真不像话。”
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It's awful, isn't it?
糟糕透了，不是吗？
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I've got an awful lot of work to do.
我有一大堆事情要做。
Gosh, you're awful pretty...
天哪，你太漂亮了！
You know, 10 years sounds like an awful long time.
你知道，10年听起来遥遥无期。
I looked awful and felt quite shaky.
我貌似生病了，觉得很虚弱。
I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful...
我基本上没睡，觉得很难受。
We met and I thought he was awful...
我们见了面，我觉得他很讨人厌。
I couldn't stand London! Bloody awful place.
我在伦敦再也呆不下去了！简直是个糟糕至极的地方。
Her injuries were massive. It was awful...
她遍体鳞伤。太可怕了。
Some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood.
他们的一些罪行骇人听闻，简直令人毛骨悚然。
真题例句
Not only is this a boring and awful way to treat children, it makes no sense educationally.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Don't you think it's an awful waste of time?
出自-2014年6月听力原文I feel awful whenever I make a mistake in whatever I'm trying to do.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section BSouthern states without strong teachers' unions have schools at least as awful as those in union states.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文After realising an email accident, you are likely to feel awful.
2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设The problem with being a grown up is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with - work, mortgage payments, figuring out what to cook for dinner.
2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. exceptionally bad or displeasing;
"atrocious taste"
"abominable workmanship"
"an awful voice"
"dreadful manners"
"a painful performance"
"terrible handwriting"
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
2. causing fear or dread or terror;
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
"the dread presence of the headmaster"
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
"a dreadful storm"
"a fearful howling"
"horrendous explosions shook the city"
"a terrible curse"
3. offensive or even (of persons) malicious;
"in a nasty mood"
"a nasty accident"
"a nasty shock"
"a nasty smell"
"a nasty trick to pull"
"Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
4. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;
"awed by the silence"
"awful worshippers with bowed heads"
5. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;
"New York is an amazing city"
"the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"
"the awesome complexity of the universe"
"this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville
"Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
1. used as intensifiers;
"terribly interesting"
"I'm awful sorry"
同义词辨析
afraid, fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible, terrific, appalling
这些形容词均含"害怕的，怕的"之意。