late 14c., "causing terror, awe, or dread; frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (cognates: Sanskrit trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Greek treëin "to tremble," Lithuanian trišeti "to tremble," Old Church Slavonic treso "I shake," Middle Irish tarrach "timid"). Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1590s.
雙語例句
1. The evening show was terrible, with hesitant unsure performances from all.
晚上的演出很糟，所有人都縮手縮腳，顯得很不自信。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self-esteem.
這件事如此丟臉，深深地挫傷了我的自尊心。
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3. I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.
我頭很痛，已經酩酊大醉。
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4. Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.
現在的房子大多質量差勁透頂，肯定都是偷工減料蓋起來的。
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5. He must be made answerable for these terrible crimes.