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

• 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。
• 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。
• He said it had been a horrendous period but the firm still had a lot of smart, dedicated people and all the capital it needed.
  史密斯表示：他说这是可怕的时期，但公司仍有许多聪明、敬业的员工和所需的全部资本。
• I was in the middle of a shift, and the traffic was horrendous.
  我正在轮班中，交通糟透了。
• And these challenges will grow more pronounced as we are confronted with states that are fragile or failing& places where horrendous violence can put innocent men, women and children at risk, with no hope of protection from their national institutions.
  当我们面对那些脆弱或失败的国家时，这些挑战变得越发明显在那些地方，骇人听闻的暴力将无辜的男女和儿童置于危险之中，没有希望得到国家机构的保护。
• 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 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。
• She suffered from the most horrendous allergies.
  她在遭受最可怕敏感症的折磨。
• Poor man, he is a soul, but his soul was the horrendous destruction of the world.
  可怜的人，他是有灵魂的，只是他的灵魂被世人摧残得不成样子了。
• 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。