英 [ˈterəb(ə)l] 美 [ˈterəb(ə)l]
adj. 糟糕的，令人极为不快的；极度的，极其严重的；劣质的，很差劲的；可怕的，骇人的；生病的，不高兴的；危害极大的，造成极大伤害的
比较级more terrible
最高级most terrible
terrible /ˈtɛrəbəl/ CET4 TEM4
形容词 A terrible experience or situation is very bad or very unpleasant. 可怕的
Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster.
还有数万人在这场世界最严重的工业灾难中受了重伤。
I often have terrible nightmares.
我经常做可怕的恶梦。
副词 可怕地
My son has suffered terribly. He has lost his best friend.
我儿子遭受了可怕的打击，失去了最好的朋友。
形容词 If something is terrible, it is very bad or of very poor quality. 糟糕的; 劣质的
She admits her French is terrible.
她承认自己的法语很糟糕。
形容词 You use terrible to emphasize the great extent or degree of something. (程度) 十足的
I was a terrible fool, you know.
你知道，我那时是个十足的傻瓜。
副词 非常
I'm terribly sorry to bother you at this hour.
我非常抱歉这个时候来打搅您。
exceptionally bad or displeasing
terrible handwriting
同义词： atrocious / abominable / awful / dreadful / painful / unspeakable
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
同义词： frightful / awful / tremendous
极坏的
可怕的
而过去十几年，因为国有企业经营艰难，向来导致很多人失业，那个(That)时候中西部已经出现可怕(Terrible)的失业率，那些失业工人一个月连两百块的最基本生存费都没有，生活极度艰难。
马晓春的国外赛事战绩惨不忍睹(Terrible)，一句好话可以开启人们的心门。在国外初赛的战绩是2胜7负，中日闻人对抗赛(Tournament)是5胜9负，一个人没爱过之前叫做孤单.
我的表妹告诉我说，她付了几万块钱可不是为了这么“terrible”（糟糕的）的体验。这句话深深地刺痛了我。
热火防远投太厉害(Terrible)了，球搬动的太多对小牛倒霉，热火的预防抢断克小牛，小牛(Calf)而今的远投出不来（曾经打了4场），就声明行不通。
terrific 极好的；极其的，非常的；可怕的
terribly 非常；可怕地；极度地
terrifically 极端地；可怕地；非常地
terribleness 可怕
I often have terrible nightmares.
我经常做可怕的恶梦。
The dream awakened terrible memories.
这个梦唤起了可怕的往事。
I'm in a terrible predicament.
我的处境十分尴尬。
Now,he says,people must not permit Haiti's poorest citizens to return to the terrible conditions that existed even before the earthquake.
VOA : special.2010.02.05
Here, this destruction brings forth a new order, a new form of life that Yeats calls "terrible beauty."
这时，毁灭带来了新秩序，带来了新生活,叶芝称之为，惊人之美“
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
You can explain to the secretary that you woke up late and you had a terrible night because you fought with your wife.
你可以向你的秘书解释，你早上起晚了，昨晚你跟太太大吵一架，一整夜都没睡好。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : I didn't 课堂
Others were not troubled. They had no way of finding out how terrible the lives of people were in Mulberry Bend.
VOA : special.2010.08.01
His name was never in the papers. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him.
VOA : special.2009.11.29
Ms. COLLINS: And I had a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible time, really terrible, terrible, terrible.
We've experienced lots of touch panels on lots of cars and the vast majority have been utterly terrible.
Otherwise their precious theories would fall apart and what a terrible tragedy that would be.
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