awful + noun
用作定语，修饰名词。
We had awful weather during the trip.
旅途中我们遇到了极坏的天气。
极坏的；糟糕的
awfullest — superlative of awful
非常糟糕；极差的或令人不快的；极其巨大；通常用于强调；引起恐惧或恐慌的；冒犯的或恶意的(指人)
非常糟糕
Very bad.
极差的或令人不快的
exceptionally bad or displeasing
极其巨大；通常用于强调
Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
引起恐惧或恐慌的
causing fear or dread or terror
冒犯的或恶意的(指人)
offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - Ezra Pound
The weather was awful during our vacation.
我们度假期间天气糟透了。
用法提示：awful 作为形容词，表示天气非常糟糕。
AI contextual example
I had an awful headache yesterday.
我昨天头痛得厉害。
用法提示：awful 强调头痛的程度非常严重。
AI contextual example
The movie was so awful that we left early.
那部电影太糟糕了，我们提前离开了。
用法提示：awful 描述电影质量极差。
AI contextual example
用作定语，修饰名词。
We had awful weather during the trip.
旅途中我们遇到了极坏的天气。
作表语，描述主语的性质。
The movie was awful.
这部电影糟糕透了。
用于it作形式主语的句型。
It's awful to see such poverty.
看到这样的贫困景象真糟糕。
It's awful that you have to work overtime.
你不得不加班真是太糟糕了。
比awful稍弱，更常用
强调令人不悦的感觉
语气较强，常表示震惊
强调令人震惊的程度
语气最强，常用于道德或质量极差
grammar · medium
易错句子This is awful good coffee.
正确表达This is awfully good coffee.
英文中，"awful" 是形容词，不能直接修饰形容词 "good"，应使用副词 "awfully" 表示“非常”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The weather was awesome today, I hated it.
正确表达The weather was awful today, I hated it.
"Awesome" 和 "awful" 发音相似但意思相反，前者表示“极好的”，后者表示“极坏的”。学习者常因混淆而用错。
发音相似但意义相反，awesome表赞美，awful表糟糕
近义词，但terrible程度更强，且可用于修饰事物或情感，awful更口语化
糟糕的天气
We had awful weather during our vacation.
我们度假期间遇到了糟糕的天气。
很多（口语）
You've spent an awful lot of money on that car.
你在那辆车上花了好多钱。
很糟糕的感觉
I had an awful feeling that something was wrong.
我有一种很糟糕的感觉，觉得出事了。
可怕的真相
He finally told her the awful truth.
他终于告诉了她那个可怕的真相。
严重的错误
It was an awful mistake to trust him.
信任他是一个严重的错误。
root
suffix
常与awful搭配描述极坏的事件
形容非常糟糕的经历
可怕的事物或感受
由可怕事情引起的强烈反应
对恶劣行为的强烈不满
非常多
I have an awful lot of work to do.
我有一大堆工作要做。
可怕的真相
We finally discovered the awful truth.
我们终于发现了可怕的真相。
状态极差
After the marathon, I was in awful shape.
马拉松之后，我的状态极差。
我知道，说这种话很糟糕，但我几乎要庆幸我们要离婚了。
From the classic comedy film 'The Awful Truth' (1937), spoken by Jerry as he and his wife Lucy contemplate divorce.
出自经典喜剧电影《逍遥鬼侣》（1937），杰瑞在考虑与妻子离婚时说的一句台词。
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