awful
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) ['??f?l??:fl]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?ɑ?.f?l]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj.糟糕的；可怕的；充滿敬畏的；難受的
- adv.極其
詞源解說
- 1300年左右進(jìn)入英語，直接源自古英語的egefull，意為令人害怕的。
詞根記憶
- 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(形容詞后綴)→令人敬畏的→可怕的
用法辨析
- awful 從構(gòu)詞角度上看,是awe加后綴-ful構(gòu)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(xiàn)代英語,特別是口語中,這個詞差不多總是用于“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”解時不用于比較等級。
- 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,但只用在形容詞或過去分詞之前,而不用在動詞之后。
- awful用作副詞時不用于比較等級。
adj. (形容詞)
adv. (副詞)
英漢例句
- 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.
在那兒干活糟透了。 - It was awful that they were reprimanded because of my mistake.
使人難過的是,他們因為我的過失而受申斥。 - 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
詞組短語
- awful accident 可怕的事故
- awful behaviour 極壞的行為
- 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