awful
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['ɔːfʊlˈɔ:fl]
- 美式音标 [ˈɑː.fəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.糟糕的;可怕的;充滿敬畏的;難受的
- adv.極其
词源解说
- 1300年左右進入英語,直接源自古英語的egefull,意爲令人害怕的。
词根记忆
- aw(看作awe,恐懼) + ful(…的)→令人恐懼的→令人不愉快的
- 來自awe(n.敬畏)
- 來自awe(n.敬畏,懼怕)
- aw(e)(敬畏) + ful(形容詞後綴)→令人敬畏的→可怕的
用法辨析
- awful 從搆詞角度上看,是awe加後綴-ful搆成的形容詞。它的基本詞義是 inspiring awe(引起恐懼,令人畏懼),但在現代英語,特別是口語中,這個詞差不多縂是用於“壞的”“討厭的”“使人不愉快的”“非常的,極大的”等意思。
- awful 作“非常的; 很多的; 過多的”解時不用於比較等級。
- 在非正式英語中,尤其是美式英語中, awful可用作副詞,作“很; 非常; 十分”解,但衹用在形容詞或過去分詞之前,而不用在動詞之後。
- awful用作副詞時不用於比較等級。
adj. (形容詞)
adv. (副詞)
英汉例句
- It was an awful film.
那是一部糟糕的電影。 - The weather is awful today.
今天天氣壞透了。 - I feel awful about forgetting her birthday.
我忘了她的生日,感到很難過。 - His sufferings were awful to see.
他受的痛苦看起來很可怕。 - It was awful to see him in such pain.
看到他疼痛難忍真讓人難受。 - It is awful working there.
在那兒乾活糟透了。 - It was awful that they were reprimanded because of my mistake.
使人難過的是,他們因爲我的過失而受申斥。 - She was awful nice.
她非常和氣。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
S+be+~+to- v
It is/was+~+to- v
It is/was+~+ v -ing
It is/was+~+that/wh-clause
用作副詞 (adv.)
用作狀語
词组短语
- awful accident 可怕的事故
- awful behaviour 極壞的行爲
- awful book 非常糟糕的書
- awful bore 很令人厭煩的人
- awful death 慘死
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
英英字典
- (BAD) extremely bad or unpleasant
- (VERY GREAT) very great
- If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- If you say that something is awful, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad.
- If you look or feel awful, you look or feel ill.
- You can use awful with noun groups that refer to an amount in order to emphasize how large that amount is.
- awfully