英 [həˈrendəs] 美 [həˈrendəs]
adj. 可怕的;惊人的
horrendous /hɒˈrɛndəs, hə-/ TEM8
形容词 Something that is horrendous is very unpleasant or shocking. 骇人的
He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.
他把那件事形容为他生活中最恐怖的经历。
形容词 Some people use horrendous to describe something that is so big or great that they find it extremely unpleasant. (程度大得或严重得) 极其令人不快的
...the usually horrendous traffic jams.
…通常糟糕透顶的交通堵塞。
副词 极其令人不快地
The man in the photo was horrendously fat.
照片里的男人胖得惊人。
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可怕的;惊人的
terrible / tremendous / awesome / fearful / incredible
He presented Albert with a rat, and every time the baby reached out to touch it, Watson hit a steel bar with a hammer to produce a horrendous clang.
他给艾伯特一只小鼠,每当小艾试图触摸它时,沃森都会用锤子敲击一根铁棒以发出一种可怕的声响。
He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.
他把那件事形容为他生活中最恐怖的经历。
Even so, the shock was horrendous.
即使这样,还是让人很震惊。
"We started investigating and doing water samples and found that we had a horrendous problem."
VOA : standard.2010.05.06
"We stand with the people of Pakistan, and are looking to be helpful in any way we can to the Pakistani people who are affected by this truly horrendous flooding."
VOA : standard.2010.08.02
If inequality is morally objectionable, then it's very likely we're going to think it's morally horrendous that there's this crucial inequality: some of us die a the age of 5 while others get to live to 90.
如果不平等会引起道德异议,那么很可能我们会认为这是道德沦丧,因为这里有种非常严重的不平等:,有些人在5岁就死了而有些人却活到90岁。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones said Jade, who had been in the front seat, had suffered "horrendous" injuries.
Edith also told of the horrendous condition that his father and grandmother were subjected to.
One eyewitness described the flames coming from the four storey Eastgate Backpackers Hostel as "horrendous".