frightful
英 [ˈfraɪt.fəl]
美 [ˈfraɪt.fəl]
将“frightful”分解为“fright”和“ful”。首先记住“fright”表示害怕或恐惧,然后加上“ful”表示充满或非常,整体记忆法为“充满恐惧的,非常恐怖的”。通过这种联想记忆,可以帮助记住单词“frightful”的意思。
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frightful 极糟的来自fright, 恐惧的,害怕的。
- frightful (adj.)
- mid-13c., "timid, fearful, full of terror," from fright (n.) + -ful. The prevailing modern sense of "alarming, full of occasion for fright" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dreadful, horrible, shocking" (often hyperbolic) is attested from c. 1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing." Related: Frightfully; frightfulness. Middle English also had frighty "causing fear," also "afraid" (mid-13c.).
- 1. What frightful gossips people are, even one'sbest friends.
- 人们最爱散布流言蜚语,哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。
- 2. It was absolutely frightful!
- 简直糟透了!
- 3. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
- 他看上去脸色苍白,一身衣服弄得一塌糊涂.
- 4. The smell was frightful.
- 这气味难闻极了.
- 5. The battle resulted in a frightful slaughter.
- 战斗以可怕的大屠杀告终.