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

• Pagonis says survivors tell horrific tales of brutality, about passengers being beaten, stabbed, and raped.
  帕格尼斯说，幸存者讲述了有关偷渡者被殴打，刺伤和强奸的可怕的残暴史。
• We had a horrific trip.
  我们的旅行糟糕透顶。
• From this horrific background a quietly spoken, thoughtful young woman has emerged.
  在这悲惨的背景中，一个娴静、善解人意的年轻女子长大了。
• It was a horrific accident and I hope he recovers fully as soon as possible.
  那是个恐怖的伤，我希望他可以尽快恢复。
• On taking office he called the Kunduz airstrike militarily "appropriate" despite its horrific death toll.
  甫一上任，他就鼓吹昆都士的空袭是军事上“合适”的，尽管死亡人数非常惊人。
• This particular murder case was so horrific that it shocked even the most hard-bitten of New York police officers.
  这件特殊谋杀案真是太可怕了，就连纽约最老辣的警官都为之震惊。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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***不加区别的平民杀戳。
• The aid coming in has made no impression on the horrific death rates.
  逐渐到达的救援对可怕的死亡率并没有起到什么作用。