音标:[hɒ'rendәs] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 可怕的, 骇人的, 不得了的
s causing fear or dread or terror

考试类型:[GRE]
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horrendous的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Many people witnessed the horrendous massacre.许多人目击到该次令人不寒而栗的大屠杀。
  2. He decucted that only one person was capable of committing such a horrendous crime.他推断出只有一个人能够犯下如此可怕的案子。
  3. That colour scheme is horrendous.那样的色彩设计真让人吃惊.

经典引文

  • The translations were mostly horrendous,..stale and florid.

    出自:B. Guest
  • Niven had just lost his first wife in a horrendous fall down..cellar stairs.

    出自:S. Morley
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