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

• 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。
• 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？
• The violence used was horrendous.
  所使用的暴力骇人听闻。
• And it was going to be this horrendous battle.
  接着就发生了这场非。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 under the most horrendous pressure.
  我处在最可怕的压力下。