【awful】 - AEAS备考词汇

awful

UK:  [ˈɔːf(ə)l]

US:  [ˈɔf(ə)l]

adj.

1.可怕的,糟糕的,吓人的,特别差的,让人敬畏的

2.非常的,极其的,十分的

adv.

1.〈口〉十分地,极其地,超级,主要用于美式英语

1 . And as soon as they grew up, they started hanging out with the worst sort of men who taught them all types of awful things.
长大后，更是开始与一些坏到透的男人鬼混，而这些男人亦教会了她们各式各样的恶习。

2 . For a country which does not allow divorce, there seems to be an awful lot of people in the Philippines who have ex-wives or ex-husbands.
在菲律宾这样一个不允许离婚的国家，看上去却有非常多的人有前妻或者前夫。

3 . when he was picked up, he kept talking about awful creatures with horrible eyes that stared at him as they led him onto a spaceship.
他被接回来时，不停地跟人讲，一些可怕的怪物瞪着眼睛盯着他，把他带到了一个宇宙飞船上。

4 . The poverty and fear and degradation were too awful to be acceptable to any man of spirit.
贫穷，恐惧，屈辱，这些东西太可怕了，对任何一个有骨气的人来说，都是难以忍受的。

5 . I understand that. I find the business of getting up in the morning and going to the typewriter absolutely awful.
我能理解，我发现每天早上起来就趴到打字机前的生活太痛苦了。