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

• I was in the middle of a shift, and the traffic was horrendous.
  我正在轮班中，交通糟透了。
• The violence used was horrendous.
  所使用的暴力骇人听闻。
• 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。
• 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。
• As Google's security specialists kept looking, they found even more horrendous consequences.
  就在Google的信息安全专家持续观察研究时，他们发现了更可怕的后果。
• 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。
• The proposed power station will be a horrendous blot on the landscape.
  提议中的电站将会大煞风景。
• 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。
• 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。
• There's a horrendous amount of work to do.
  要做的工作多得惊人。