awful

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good. 令人討厭的
We met and I thought he was awful. 我們見了面，我覺得他令人討厭。
...an awful smell of paint. …一股難聞的油漆味。
2. ADJ If you say that something is awful, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad. 糟透的
Her injuries were massive. It was awful. 她的傷勢很嚴重，糟透了。
3. ADJ If you look or feel awful, you look or feel ill. 難受的[v-link ADJ]
I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful. 我?guī)缀鯖]睡，感覺挺難受。
4. ADJ You can use awful with noun groups that refer to an amount in order to emphasize how large that amount is. 極度的[ADJ n] [強調]
I've got an awful lot of work to do. 我有極多的工作要做。
5. awfullyADV 極度地
The caramel looks awfully good. 這種黃油奶糖看上去棒極了。