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adj.

adv.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 让人讨厌的；糟糕的 If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good. 

  • We met and I thought he was awful...

    我们见了面，我觉得他很讨人厌。

  • I couldn't stand London! Bloody awful place.

    我在伦敦再也呆不下去了！简直是个糟糕至极的地方。

  • ...an awful smell of paint...

    难闻的油漆味

awfulness

  • The programme's awfulness has ensured it is talked about.

    节目如此糟糕，肯定会被人议论。

2. ADJ-GRADED 使人不愉快的；令人震惊的；可怕的；极坏的 If you say that something is awful, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad. 

  • Her injuries were massive. It was awful...

    她遍体鳞伤。太可怕了。

  • Some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood.

    他们的一些罪行骇人听闻，简直令人毛骨悚然。

3. ADJ-GRADED 生病的;不舒服的 If you look or feel awful, you look or feel ill. 

  • I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful...

    我基本上没睡，觉得很难受。

  • I looked awful and felt quite shaky.

    我貌似生病了，觉得很虚弱。

4. ADJ （量）极大的，极多的 You can use awful with noun groups that refer to an amount in order to emphasize how large that amount is. 

  • I've got an awful lot of work to do.

    我有一大堆事情要做。

awfully

  • The caramel looks awfully good...

    黄油奶糖看上去非常好吃。

  • 'I'm awfully sorry,' she told him regretfully...

    “我非常抱歉”，她懊悔地向他说道。

  • Would you mind awfully waiting a bit, I'll be back right away.

    不介意稍微等一会儿吧，我马上就回来。

5. ADV （与表示特征的形容词连用，用于强调）极度地，非常 You can use awful with adjectives that describe a quality in order to emphasize that particular quality. 

  • Gosh, you're awful pretty...

    天哪，你太漂亮了！

  • You know, 10 years sounds like an awful long time.

    你知道，10年听起来遥遥无期。

Adjective

1. exceptionally bad or displeasing;

  • "atrocious taste"
  • "abominable workmanship"
  • "an awful voice"
  • "dreadful manners"
  • "a painful performance"
  • "terrible handwriting"
  • "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

2. causing fear or dread or terror;

  • "the awful war"
  • "an awful risk"
  • "dire news"
  • "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
  • "the dread presence of the headmaster"
  • "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
  • "a dreadful storm"
  • "a fearful howling"
  • "horrendous explosions shook the city"
  • "a terrible curse"

3. offensive or even (of persons) malicious;

  • "in a nasty mood"
  • "a nasty accident"
  • "a nasty shock"
  • "a nasty smell"
  • "a nasty trick to pull"
  • "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound

4. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;

  • "awed by the silence"
  • "awful worshippers with bowed heads"

5. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

  • "New York is an amazing city"
  • "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"
  • "the awesome complexity of the universe"
  • "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville
  • "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
Adverb

1. used as intensifiers;

  • "terribly interesting"
  • "I'm awful sorry"
1. An awful accident has happened.
发生了一起可怕的意外事故。

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2. At the beginning of liberation, the factory was an awful mess.
解放初，这个工厂是个烂摊子。

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3. Compiling a dictionary is an awful sweat.
编字典是一项非常艰苦的工作。

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4. Everyone in the office complains that he smells awful but nobody dares actually mention it to him.
办公室里的每个人都说他身上有股怪味，但居然没有敢当面向他提及。

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5. He had an awful ache in the belly.
他的胃疼得很厉害。

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6. He's in an awful jam over his marriage.
他因婚事而陷入极大的困境。

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7. It rained something awful last night.
昨晚雨下得很大。

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8. It's very urgent. I fell awful.
是很急的病，我觉得糟透了。

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9. The cold was simply awful.
冷得真厉害。

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10. The room has awful stink.
那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

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11. The weather is awful today.
今天天气坏透了。

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12. We're having an awful lot of rain these days.
这些日子尽下雨。

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