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

• Every time he does something horrendous, think how much you will enjoy retelling the anecdote later on.
  每当他做出一些可怕的事情，就想一想你随后讲述这段轶事的时候将是多么有趣。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was under the most horrendous pressure.
  我处在最可怕的压力下。
• The firm made horrendous losses last year.
  这公司去年的亏损惊人。