| 单词 | horrific |
| 释义 | horrific (hərɪfɪk , US hɔːr- ) 1. adjective If you describe a physical attack, accident, or injury as horrific, you mean that it is very bad, so that people are shocked when they see it or think about it. I have never seen such horrific injuries. The slaughter was horrific. Synonyms: horrifying, shocking [informal], appalling, frightening horrifically adverb [ADVERB with verb] He had been horrifically assaulted before he died. 2. adjective If you describe something as horrific, you mean that it is so big that it is extremely unpleasant. ...piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt. horrifically adverb [ADVERB adjective] Opera productions are horrifically expensive. Collocations: horrific circumstances Despite losing one of their own in such horrific circumstances, our soldiers will carry on with their duties as usual. The Sun When you lose someone you love in such horrific circumstances, the effects are seismic. The Sun We looked after each other; we laughed; we made light of horrific circumstances. Times, Sunday Times Others portrayed the growing sense of anger at the needless loss of life in such horrific circumstances. The Sun Many gave their lives for us in horrific circumstances. The Sun Later she said it was the most horrific experience of her life. Times, Sunday Times After this horrific experience, she was treated atrociously by the local police and pilloried in the press because she refused to play the media game. Times, Sunday Times It's a horrific experience that impacts on everyone around you. The Sun It was the most horrific experience of my life. The Sun I hadn't played a 'real' person before, and this was such a horrific experience. Times, Sunday Times How did a project that started out developing organic herbs and apples transform into the most horrific nightmare in human history? Times, Sunday Times It represents a horrific nightmare for its enemy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What if you weighed six stone and had turned into an old man afflicted by horrific nightmares? Times, Sunday Times These years were also plagued by horrific nightmares. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the horrific sight of their pal's snapped left leg will concentrate the minds even more. The Sun It was a horrific sight. The Sun It was a horrific sight that was repeated in the moments after the planes struck the towers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, amid the horrific sights he saw, he realised many more innocent shoppers were trapped. The Sun It was on that vessel he saw one of his most horrific sights. The Sun It was a horrific situation and her swimming did suffer. Times, Sunday Times The horrific situation will only be aggravated. The Sun The hosts are left alive during the mutation, being left entirely aware of their horrific situation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It builds atmosphere and constructs horrific situations that are meant to genuinely disturb. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But when they're on the recruitment drive they tell you it's 'challenging' - they should tell you it's also sometimes awful, just truly horrific. Times, Sunday Times It's a truly horrific prospect. Times, Sunday Times Villa have been in a tailspin for weeks with a truly horrific sequence of results. The Sun We need something truly horrific before we get interested. Times, Sunday Times And the truly horrific event that occurred on this flight isn't a passive clause but an active one. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 极其可怕的 Japanese: すさまじい |
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