| 单词 | awful |
| 释义 | awful (ɔːfʊl ) 1. adjective B1 If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good. We met and I thought he was awful. I couldn't stand London! Bloody awful place. ...an awful smell of paint. Even if the weather's awful there's lots to do. Jeans look awful on me. Synonyms: bad, poor, terrible [informal], appalling awfulness uncountable noun The programme's awfulness has ensured it is talked about. 2. adjective B1 If you say that something is awful, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad. Her injuries were massive. It was awful. Some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood. Synonyms: shocking, serious, alarming, distressing 3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B1 If you look or feel awful, you look or feel ill. I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful. I looked awful and felt quite shaky. Synonyms: unwell, poorly [informal], ill, terrible 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 You can use awful with noun groups that refer to an amount in order to emphasize how large that amount is. [emphasis] I've got an awful lot of work to do. awfully adverb [usually ADVERB adjective/adverb] The caramel looks awfully good. 'I'm awfully sorry,' she told him regretfully. Would you mind awfully waiting a bit, I'll be back right away. Synonyms: badly, woefully, dreadfully, inadequately Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly, exceptionally 5. adverb [ADVERB adjective] You can use awful with adjectives that describe a quality in order to emphasize that particular quality. [US, informal, emphasis] Gosh, you're awful pretty. You know, 10 years sounds like an awful long time. Synonyms: very, highly, really, deeply Collocations: awful feeling It also means he always picks up the phone to any manager who loses his job — because he still remembers the awful feeling so well. The Sun I have an awful feeling it's the latter. Times, Sunday Times That was an awful feeling as a player. Times, Sunday Times At a time of looming disaster, there's this awful feeling of paralysis. Times, Sunday Times It's a disgusting, awful feeling. Times, Sunday Times That's an awful lot of talcum powder. The Sun (2014) There seemed to be an awful lot of people milling around in the arrivals hall, but someone must have been looking out for me. TIME OF THE WOLF (2002) We forget that we know an awful lot of body language as well. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002) She just feels like she's stuck in the middle of this awful mess. The Sun We all want this awful mess over with as soon as possible. The Sun They were just making the most awful mess of their lives. Times, Sunday Times I just kept re-applying the tan to cover up the awful mess that my skin was in underneath. The Sun Loads of passengers then leave behind an awful mess, and in one case a set of dentures. The Sun It's a really awful noise and it goes right through me. The Sun They will see the poor ride, the woeful performance, the awful noise and the spine-bending seats as a price worth paying. Times, Sunday Times How can we get rid of this awful noise? Times,Sunday Times There was an awful noise, the grind of metal on metal. Times, Sunday Times She makes the most awful noise. The Sun The pain of doing these things to myself was a distraction from the awful pain in my head. Times, Sunday Times Occasionally, however, grief hits him in the stomach or chest — a physical, awful pain. Times, Sunday Times In other words she plays the repression more than the awful pain. Times, Sunday Times But after he complained of 'awful pain' he had an operation to insert a plate a fortnight ago. The Sun This will sound rather glib and frankly quite annoying to someone who lives with awful pain most of the time - who wants to accept chronic pain? Times,Sunday Times It seems an awful shame. Times, Sunday Times Business empires come and go; it would be an awful shame if the same were to apply to his marriage. Times, Sunday Times So it was left to the fickle fate of penalties to separate two magnificent teams and what an awful shame one of them had to go out. The Sun If the opposing team let go we'd get an awful shock, fall backwa rds and reassess. Times, Sunday Times But when the news did come, it was still an awful shock to him. Times, Sunday Times This came as an awful shock. The Sun These have been relatively benign and do not suggest any awful shocks to come. Times, Sunday Times The second half was awful, the lack of resilience was awful and it had been an awful sight not to see enough form his players to rescue the game. Times, Sunday Times It was an awful sight. The Sun Despite the awful sights to which she had been witness, she continued to display that optimism in her final years. Times, Sunday Times For predators that aren’t as visually discerning, the bacteria also emit an awful stench. Smithsonian Mag Residents woke yesterday to an awful stench and the sight of hundreds of seagulls converging on the area in a feeding frenzy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its presence can sometimes be detected by a nice floral fragrance identifiable as that of the plumeria, followed by an awful stench afterward. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Initially delighted with the prospect of deliverance, they quickly become horrified as they are overcome with an awful stench. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I can still smell that awful stuff they sprinkled around. Times, Sunday Times It hurts me to listen to the awful stuff she went through. The Sun Some people think that will be really awful stuff, but it's not. Times, Sunday Times They've all seen some really awful stuff. Times, Sunday Times I saw some awful stuff and some good stuff. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The awful truth was the grandad was, in fact, far from alone. The Sun When we finally learn the awful truth about the seemingly idyllic boarding school and the innocents who live there, we are well into the book. Times, Sunday Times Last week, however, we learnt the awful truth. Times, Sunday Times Does one feel better knowing the awful truth? Times, Sunday Times Is all this predictable condemnation of someone else's sin a ruse to keep them from facing up to some awful truth about themselves? Christianity Today A delivery earlier this month was turned back, and none can get through now because of the averagely awful weather. Times, Sunday Times They have enough on their plates without having to contend with awful weather at the time they most need sunshine. The Sun There have been several factors, not least awful weather in recent years. Times, Sunday Times But will the awful weather have damaged them too much to recover in time for the harvest? The Sun The paras had 'yomped' 80 miles across boggy moors in awful weather, carrying heavy loads. Times, Sunday Times I would just be downright awful. The Sun All this with a team whose results have ranked somewhere between the mediocre and the downright awful. Times, Sunday Times She was there for the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright awful times. The Sun Food tastes bland and I look awful most of the time. The Sun (2010) I thought my deathly pale face made me look awful. The Sun (2009) They look awful with most jackets, dreadful with coats shorter than the dress 's hem and are best worn with a cardigan or a really baggy jumper. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I once fried a shepherd's pie, which was pretty awful. Times, Sunday Times What turned out to be a fascinating, event-filled year was also a pretty awful one for forecasters. Times, Sunday Times Last year the players were given comedy classes and then staged 'pretty awful' comedy nights — a new form of learning to perform under pressure. Times, Sunday Times I see people who have had that in their life and it looks pretty awful. Times, Sunday Times It's true, though, that in many ways these were pretty awful years. The Sun A great batsman, a wonderful cricketer, and a truly awful captain. Times, Sunday Times The dynamic of a touring team can collapse after a truly awful defeat. Times, Sunday Times Protect things that look truly awful — delphiniums, hostas — and live with the rest. Times, Sunday Times What a truly awful thing it was to have done. The Sun It was car crash football - truly awful, but you couldn't take your eyes away from it. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 糟糕的 Japanese: ひどい |
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