horrendous

英 [həˈrendəs]

美 [həˈrendəs]

adj.  令人震惊的; 骇人的; 讨厌得难以容忍的

GRETEM8

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

• 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。
• The military escalation and the extent and the horrendous casualties on the Palestinian side are playing directly into Hamas'hands.
  军事冲突升级和巴勒斯坦方面令人吃惊的伤亡情况都符合哈马斯的计划。
• Defective food is often a result of horrendous industrial pollution that has seeped into the water and soil.
  食品问题往往是由于可怕的工业污染物进入水和土壤而造成的。
• No other club has suffered three horrendous injuries like this in the last four years.
  这四年间在英超，没有其他任何一家俱乐部曾经遭受过如此严重的受伤事件。
• The violence used was horrendous.
  所使用的暴力骇人听闻。
• 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。
• The firm made horrendous losses last year.
  这公司去年的亏损惊人。
• 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。
• 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。
• There's a horrendous amount of work to do.
  要做的工作多得惊人。