| 单词 | awful |
| 释义 | awful —awful /ˈɔː.fəl/ aep /ˈɑː-/ adjective (BAD) ► A2 extremely bad or unpleasant: » He suffered awful injuries in the crash.» We had awful weather.» She's got an awful boss.» What an awful thing to say!» Would life be so awful without a car?» The food was awful.» She'd been ill and she looked awful.Thesaurus+: ↑Not of good quality , ↑Rubbish and waste , ↑Informal words for badThesaurus+: ↑Serious and unpleasant , ↑Not attractive to look at , ↑Informal words for badawfulness /-nəs/ noun [U]► F0» You can't appreciate the true/sheer awfulness of war until you've actually experienced it.Thesaurus+: ↑Not of good quality , ↑Rubbish and waste , ↑Informal words for badThesaurus+: ↑Serious and unpleasant , ↑Not attractive to look at , ↑Informal words for bad • • • Extra Examples:» If the party is awful, we can always leave .» The hotel was awful! To begin with, our room was far too small.» The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.» It's a good job they didn't go camping last weekend - the weather was awful.» They live downwind of a pig-farm and sometimes the smell is awful.adjective [before noun] (VERY GREAT) ► B2 very great: » I don't know an awful lot (= very much) about art, but I'm learning.» Fortunately it won't make an awful lot of difference if I don't pass the test.» It was an awful risk to take.Thesaurus+: ↑Very and extreme , ↑Complete and whole , ↑Intensifying expressions• • • Extra Examples:» There's an awful lot of smut on television these days.» There's an awful lot of work to be done.» It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night.» It takes an awful long time to travel across the city on public transport.» I'm feeling an awful lot better, thanks. |
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