Word · Frequency #15546
dreadfully
可怕地；糟糕地；极其
核心释义
in a dreadful manner; terribly
- 1.
可怕地；非常糟糕地。
In a dreadful manner; terribly.
可怕地；非常糟糕地。；(非正式)非常；可怕地；令人惊骇地
用法In use
I'm dreadfully sorry for the mistake.
用法提示：这里'dreadfully'修饰'sorry'，表示程度很深。
The children were dreadfully tired after the long hike.
用法提示：这里'dreadfully'修饰'tired'，强调疲劳的程度。
She looked dreadfully pale after the illness.
用法提示：这里'dreadfully'修饰'pale'，加强描述效果。
verb + dreadfully
dreadfully 放在动词后，表示动作做得非常糟糕或可怕。
The children behaved dreadfully all evening.
孩子们整个晚上都表现得非常糟糕。
be + dreadfully + past participle
此结构中的过去分词常表示伤病等不好的结果，dreadfully 意为“严重地”。
Two passengers were dreadfully injured in the crash.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- dreadfully sorry
- 非常抱歉
- I'm dreadfully sorry for being late.我非常抱歉迟到了。
- dreadfully tired
- 非常疲惫
- After the long hike, we were all dreadfully tired.长途徒步之后，我们都非常疲惫。
- dreadfully boring
- 极其无聊
- The lecture was dreadfully boring, and I almost fell asleep.讲座极其无聊，我差点睡着了。
- go dreadfully wrong
- 完全出错
- The plan went dreadfully wrong from the very start.计划从一开始就完全出错了。
- behave dreadfully
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把dread（恐惧）拆出来，加上-fully（充满…地），就是“可怕地、糟糕地”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：口语中用于加强语气、书面或正式叙述 通常表示“非常糟糕地”或“极其”，在口语和书面语中都可能出现；与直接用“terribly”相比，语气稍正式，略带书面或文学色彩。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常用于强调程度，非正式用语，常放在形容词前。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The adverbs ending in -fully (beautifully, wonderfully, carefully, hopefully, gracefully) share the unstressed pronunciation /fəli/ with dreadfully, but they are not rhymes because their stressed vowels differ. The lookalike fully is stressed on the first syllable and pronounced /ˈfʊli/, so its vowel does not match the -fully suffix.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.