frightful
adj. 可怕的；惊人的；非常的
adj.
可怕的；惊人的；令人毛骨悚然的；讨厌的，丑恶的
英英释义
frightful[ 'fraitful ]
adj.
provoking horror
"a frightful crime of decapitation"
同义词：atrocioushorrifyinghorribleugly
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
"in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
同义词：terribleawfultremendous
extremely distressing
"a frightful mistake"
同义词：fearful
同近义词辨析
appalling, afraid, frightful, terrible, terrific, fearful, horrible, dreadful, awful这组词都有“害怕的、可怕的”的意思，其区别是：
appalling指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。
afraid指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
frightful指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible侧重指给人以长久的惊骇，极端的恐怖，令人难以忍受。
terrific多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
fearful普通用词，既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧，又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
horrible指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然，着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
dreadful指使人非常恐惧，毛骨悚然，也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
awful指威严得令人害怕或敬畏，有一定的感情色彩。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
These frightful experiences are branded on his memory.
这些可怕的经历深深印入他的记忆。
I was awakened by a frightful clap of thunder.
我被一声可怕的雷声惊醒。
She tended to wear frightful hats with feathers.
她常常戴着吓人的带羽毛的帽子。
权威例句
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frightful (adj.)
mid-13c., "timid, fearful, full of terror," from fright (n.) + -ful. The prevailing modern sense of "alarming, full of occasion for fright" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dreadful, horrible, shocking" (often hyperbolic) is attested from c. 1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing." Related: Frightfully; frightfulness. Middle English also had frighty "causing fear," also "afraid" (mid-13c.).
1. A frightful traffic disaster was avoided.
一次可怕的交通事故避免了。
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2. My pulse quickened when I saw the frightful sight.
当我看到这个可怕的景象时，我的脉搏跳得更快了。
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3. You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil could it be otherwise in her frightful isolation?
你说她的心绪紊乱，她处在那种可怕的孤独中，不这样又能怎么样呢？
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4. He did not stay long; the loneliness of the gloomy cavern became frightful to him.
他没有呆很长时间；对他来说这个阴沉的山洞里的孤独感变得很可怕。
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5. We made frightful noises to terrify them still more, and then we dropped off the ledge, because somebody was drawing the bars, and we felt we had better flee.
我们就做出可怕的声音好把他们吓得更厉害，然后我们就从窗台边上下来，因为有人在拉开门闩，我们觉得还是溜掉好些。
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6. In this lies the key to the working of the political machine; this alone legitimises civil undertakings, which, without it, would be absurd, tyrannical, and liable to the most frightful abuses.
此乃政治机器运作的关键所在，而且唯有它才能使社会约定合法化。没有这一规定，社会约定就是荒谬的、暴政的而且会遭受最可怕的滥用。
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7. The frightful events in Japan, the nuclear mishap in Fukushima, and their consequences for us in Germany, those were the deciding factors in this local election.
日本发生的可怕的事情，福岛核电站的泄漏对我们产生了影响，这些都是在区域选举中的决定性的因素。
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8. The frightful sight frightened the little girl into crying.
这个可怕的景象把小女孩吓哭了。
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9. Dionysian consciousness is essentially bisexual, and for Nietzsche it was precisely the lunar aspect of this consciousness, the abysmal depths of the feminine, that was both appealing and frightful.
酒神式的意识本质上是双性的，而这种意识对尼采来说却恰恰是月亮阴柔的，那种极度深邃的阴柔，迷人而可怕。
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10. But the Fram easily withstood all this frightful squeezing and simply rose up, unharmed, from the depths of the ice.
不过弗拉姆号轻松地顶住了这一切可怕的挤压，只是从冰层深处被一路挤出了冰面，毫发无损。
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11. Have you noticed, Catherine, his frightful Yorkshire pronunciation?
凯瑟琳，你注意到他那可怕的约克郡的口音没有？
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12. It was growling like something demented, which it was, of course, and its backside was almost in my face even my peril in no way diminished the frightful stench of the creature.
它发狂地嗷叫着，对，是发狂了。屁股几乎挨着我的脸——尽管我身处险境，可仍闻到这家伙身上可怕的恶臭。
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13. This is a frightful moment in our life.
这是我们一生之中的一个非常难过的时刻。
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14. Now, we must again insist that he knew nothing of that frightful drain which he was traversing; and had any one asked him in what he was, he would have answered: "In the night."
可是，我们要再说一遍，冉阿让对他所走的可怕的路线一无所知。 如果有人问他在什么地方，他可能回答：“在黑暗里。”
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15. this alone legitimises civil undertakings, which, without it, would be absurd, tyrannical, and liable to the most frightful abuses.
没有这一规定，社会约定就是荒谬的、暴政的而且会遭受最可怕的滥用。
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16. She cherished a frightful memory of her life; one day, a man had beheld her garter.
在一生中她有件想到就害怕的往事，一天，有个男人看见了她的吊袜带。
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17. "Citizens," said Enjolras, "what that man did is frightful, what I have done is horrible.
“公民们，”安灼拉说，“那个人干的事是残酷的，而我干的事是丑恶的。
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18. Cannot you inform him that it is frightful earnest?
你就不能通知他说这是非常严重的吗？
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19. Some of the biggest and most frightful challenges facing the new president will be in foreign affairs.
新总统面临的一些最大，也是最难以处理的挑战来自外交事务。
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20. This first danger was past; but there still reigned a frightful tumult within him.
这第一次的危险已经过了，但是他心里仍旧惊恐难受。
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21. He uttered a frightful cry of inward joy.
他在心里发出一阵狞恶的欢呼。
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22. I hasped the window; I combed his black long hair from his forehead; I tried to close his eyes: to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, lifelike gaze of exultation before anyone else beheld it.
我扣上窗子；我把他前额上长长的黑发梳梳；我想合上他的眼睛，因为如果可能的话，我是想在任何别人来看前消灭那种可怕的，像活人似的狂喜的凝视。
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23. I hasped the window; I combed his black long hair from his forehead; I tried to close his eyes: to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, lifelike gaze of exultation before anyone else beheld it.
我扣上窗子；我把他前额上长长的黑发梳梳；我想合上他的眼睛，因为如果可能的话，我是想在任何别人来看前消灭那种可怕的，像活人似的狂喜的凝视。
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