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

• Were the attacks to have succeeded the death toll would have been horrendous.
  如果袭击行动得逞，那么死亡人数将是可怕的。
• 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。
• So that's the reason why this semimajor axis is indeed such a horrendous number.
  这就是为什么半长轴是，如此大的数字的原因。
• And it was going to be this horrendous battle.
  接着就发生了这场非。
• 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。
• There's a horrendous amount of work to do.
  要做的工作多得惊人。
• 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？
• She suffered from the most horrendous allergies.
  她在遭受最可怕敏感症的折磨。
• The violence used was horrendous.
  所使用的暴力骇人听闻。