1.(informal)极坏的;很糟的used to emphasize how bad sth is
It was absolutely frightful!简直糟透了!
This room's in a frightful mess.房间里乱七八糟。
2.十分严重的;令人很不愉快的very serious or unpleasant
a frightful accident十分严重的事故
Almost immediately, "the wind began to blow, and the sea to rise in a most frightful manner. "
几乎立刻,风刮得,海上升,在一个最可怕的态度。
which, as you know, Mama left the most frightful state.
你知道那是妈妈遗下的最糟的地方
it was terrible to behold the frightful pallor of that woman , the anguish of her look , the trembling of her whole frame.
那个女人惨白的脸色,痛苦的表情,以及她那种全身颤抖的情形,实在令人可怕。
Oliver nearly swooned after this frightful scene, and was so weak that for an hour or more, he had not the strength to walk.
目睹了这样一个可怕的场面,奥立弗险些晕过去。他是如此衰弱,足有一个小时连步子都迈不开。
He made the most frightful noise that resounded all over the place, and I made four mistakes in my addition.
它发出一种可怕的噪音,使我在一笔帐目中出了四个差错。
You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil could it be otherwise in her frightful isolation?
你说她的心绪紊乱,她处在那种可怕的孤独中,不这样又能怎么样呢?
A refined beautiful female leading role is adopted in, many horrific monsters are in the dark and frightful game as well.
游戏采用美丽脱俗的女性做主角,同时,还加入了很多恐怖怪物。
AS he rose he dealt the scoundrel a frightful uppercut that sent him off his feet.
他站起来对准那恶棍的下巴猛地一拳,把他打倒在地。
The locket has gone, and this, no doubt, was what tempted the murderer to do his frightful deed.
现在那链坠不见了。而这,毫无疑问,是诱使凶手干这件可怕的勾当的东西。
But the Fram easily withstood all this frightful squeezing and simply rose up, unharmed, from the depths of the ice.
不过弗拉姆号轻松地顶住了这一切可怕的挤压,只是从冰层深处被一路挤出了冰面,毫发无损。
he trembled with cold, and had he not come into a warm room he would mostcertainly have perished in the frightful tempest.
他冻得发抖;如果他没有走进来的话,一定会在这样的暴风雨中冻死的。
I tried to close his eyes: to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, lifelike gaze of exultation before anyone else beheld it.
我想合上他的眼睛,因为如果可能的话,我是想在任何别人来看前消灭那种可怕的,像活人似的狂喜的凝视。
this alone legitimises civil undertakings, which, without it, would be absurd, tyrannical, and liable to the most frightful abuses.
没有这一规定,社会约定就是荒谬的、暴政的而且会遭受最可怕的滥用。
A mother had caught sight of that frightful chain, and had said, "Come! there's a plaything for my children. "
有个母亲最初看见那条丑链条时,她说:“嘿!这家伙可以做我孩子们的玩意儿。”
Jeanie scarce forbore to scream aloud at what seemed the realization of the most frightful of her anticipation.
珍妮看到预料中的最可怕的事情出现,几乎忍不住大声惊呼。
Oh! The weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go, Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
啊,下雪了天气多么可怕,这里炉火红红温暖了家,既然我们没地方可去,让它下吧让它下吧让它下吧!
Then came frightful days of snow and rain. The will to live carried him on.
接下来,又是雨雪交加的可怕天气,活下去的意念支撑着他。
Last week Friday the 13th lived up to its frightful reputation.
上周星期五,13日履行其可怕的声誉。
Though the casualties at the front are really frightful!
可是前方的死伤实在也了不起呀!
The pain in his ankle was terrific, but it was no worse than that in his empty stomach. The hunger had become frightful.
脚踝锥心般地疼痛,但饥饿感更令他无法忍受和万分恐惧。
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