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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was a horrendous experience.
  那是一次可怕的经历。
• The story of that horrendous trial has not been, and may never be, expunged from public memory.
  那场可怕的审讯始终没有，也不可能永远会从公众的记忆中消除。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The firm made horrendous losses last year.
  这公司去年的亏损惊人。