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

• And it was going to be this horrendous battle.
  接着就发生了这场非。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was under the most horrendous pressure.
  我处在最可怕的压力下。
• 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。
• The firm made horrendous losses last year.
  这公司去年的亏损惊人。
• 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。
• Not even the most horrendous of creations such as a mass annihilation, is a form of victimization.
  甚至没有绝对令人惊恐的创造物类如一场大型的灭绝是一种牺牲的类型。
• How many black males were involved in the horrendous rapes, murders and torture in Iraq and Afghanistan?
  有多少黑人参与了那些发生在伊拉克和阿富汗的强奸，谋杀，凌虐事件？
• Holidays can be horrendous. All right, I'll rephrase that. The first few days are invariably hell
  假期可能会糟糕透顶。好吧，让我换一种说法。最初的几天总是如同炼狱。