horrendous

• adj. 可怕的；驚人的

來自拉丁語horrere,恐懼，顫抖，詞源同horror.引申詞義恐怖的，駭人的。

horrendous (adj.)

1650s, from Latin horrendus "dreadful, fearful, terrible," literally "to be shuddered at," gerundive of horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Earlier form in English was horrend (mid-15c.).

1. The violence used was horrendous.

所使用的暴力駭人聽聞。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Nor do their debts looks so horrendous when related to the value of their fixed assets.

如果和他們的固定資產值相比，他們的債務看起來也並不算驚人。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Holidays can be horrendous. All right, I'll rephrase that. The first few days are invariably hell.

假期可能會糟糕透頂。好吧，讓我換一種說法。最初的幾天總是如同煉獄。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.

他形容這是自己一生中最可怕的經曆。

來自辭典例句

5. We're told Tehran weather is unpredictable and horrendous.

我們聽說德黑蘭的天氣變幻莫測、風雲險惡.

來自辭典例句