horrific

英 [həˈrɪfɪk]

美 [həˈrɪfɪk]

adj.  极坏的; 令人震惊的; 令人惊恐的; 极差的; 很不愉快的

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Collins.1 / BNC.8628 / COCA.9137

牛津词典

adj.

• 极坏的；令人震惊的；令人惊恐的
  extremely bad and shocking or frightening
  1. a horrific murder/accident/attack, etc.
     骇人听闻的谋杀、事故、攻击等
  2. Her injuries were horrific.
     她的伤势极为严重。
• 极差的；很不愉快的
  very bad or unpleasant
  1. We had a horrific trip.
     我们的旅行糟糕透顶。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （攻击、事故、伤势等）令人震惊的，极其可怕的，十分严重的
  If you describe a physical attack, accident, or injury ashorrific, you mean that it is very bad, so that people are shocked when they see it or think about it.
  1. I have never seen such horrific injuries...
     我从来没有见过如此严重的伤势。
  2. The slaughter was horrific.
     屠杀令人震惊。
• ADJ-GRADED 大得令人厌恶的
  If you describe something ashorrific, you mean that it is so big that it is extremely unpleasant.
  1. ...piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt.
     在你原来债务的基础上又高筑债台

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)dreadeddreadfulfearfulfearsomefrighteninghorrendousterrible
• grossly offensive to decency or morality
  1. subjected to outrageous cruelty
  2. a hideous pattern of injustice
  3. horrific conditions in the mining industry
  Synonym:hideoushorridoutrageous

双语例句

• This last horrific thing happened only a few weeks ago.
  而仅仅在几个星期以前，又发生了一件令人恐怖的事情。
• This is a horrific tragedy and demonstrates the indiscriminate killing of civilians from IEDs planted by insurgents.
  这是个极其可怕的灾难，并展示了叛乱分子安置的简易爆炸装置不加区别的平民杀戳。
• As you can see, we have three horrific gunshot wounds.
  你可以看到，这由3个可怕的枪伤。
• The slaughter was horrific.
  屠杀令人震惊。
• Before we had our child the idea of staying in every night would have been horrific.
  在有孩子前，我们认为每天晚上呆在家里的想法是很可怕的。
• It was the world's second worst air disaster, a horrific re-run of the runway collision in 1977
  这是世界上第二大空难，是1977年飞机跑道相撞事件的可怕重演。
• We had a horrific trip.
  我们的旅行糟糕透顶。
• She described the tornado as one of the most horrific disasters her state has ever faced.
  她表示，这场龙卷风是该州所经历过的最可怕的灾难之一。
• Not only that, but they are embarrassing, horrific and unattractive for the sufferer.
  不仅如此，他们是尴尬的，可怕的和不具吸引力的受害者。
• It's impossible to forget such horrific events& they linger in the memory forever.
  不可能忘掉这么恐怖的事件一它们会永远留在记忆中。