fearsome

英 [ˈfɪəsəm]

美 [ˈfɪrsəm]

adj.  很可怕的; 十分吓人的

Collins.1 / BNC.11788 / COCA.14773

牛津词典

adj.

• 很可怕的；十分吓人的
  making people feel very frightened

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可怕的;骇人的;令人生畏的
  Fearsomeis used to describe things that are frightening, for example because of their large size or extreme nature.
  1. He had developed a fearsome reputation for intimidating people.
     他曾因恐吓他人而令人闻风丧胆。
  2. ...a fearsome array of weapons.
     一大批令人生畏的武器

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)dreadeddreadfulfearfulfrighteninghorrendoushorrificterrible

双语例句

• The global bogeymen of deleveraging and frozen credit markets are more fearsome in South Korea than most of Asia.
  相对于大多数亚洲国家，韩国更为担心全球普遍担忧的去杠杆化和信贷市场冻结。
• The battlefield was a fearsome sight.
  这战场的情景触目惊心。
• We become not a fearsome mind or a moral light, a role model or inspiration.
  我们变得不再是令人生畏的智者，或道德标杆、榜样、灵感启发者。
• The fearsome creature was half man and half beast.
  这可怕的怪物是半人半兽。
• Captain? I could use your fearsome habits at the victory motel.
  组长，我需要你到胜利旅馆去一趟。
• Is throwing that acid getting you uncomfortably close to your fearsome opponent?
  要抛出那些酸液你就不得不艰难的接近你那可怕的对手？
• Against this fearsome background, what should ( and can) the eurozone do?
  面对当前这种可怕的形势，欧元区应该（且能够）采取哪些措施？
• They were now over the fearsome island, flying so low that sometimes a tree grazed their feet.
  他们现在正飞在那个可怕的岛上，飞得很低，有时树梢擦着他们的脚。
• It's home to some of the most fearsome weather on the face of the planet.
  它是这个星球表面一些最令人恐惧的天气的发源地。
• For global manufacturers, the China effect over the past decade has been fearsome.
  对于全球生产商而言，中国效应在近十年来的影响令人生畏。