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horrific + noun
The horrific scene shocked everyone.
那令人毛骨悚然的场景震惊了所有人。
令人毛骨悚然的，感到恐惧的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
令人毛骨悚然的，感到恐惧的
causing horror, fear, or dread; also grossly offensive to decency or morality
The horrific scene shocked everyone.
那令人毛骨悚然的场景震惊了所有人。
引起恐惧的；令人恐惧的。
Causing horror; horrifying.
The horrific news left everyone speechless.
这令人毛骨悚然的消息让所有人都说不出话来。
The horror movie was so horrific that I had to cover my eyes.
那部恐怖电影太可怕了，我不得不捂住眼睛。
The smell from the dumpster was absolutely horrific.
垃圾箱里的味道简直令人作呕。
The horrific scene shocked everyone.
那令人毛骨悚然的场景震惊了所有人。
The accident was horrific.
那场事故令人毛骨悚然。
find + 宾语 + 形容词，表示认为某物具有某种属性。
I find the news horrific.
我觉得这消息令人恐惧。
Not this
He screamed horrific.
Use this
He screamed horrifically.
horrific是形容词，修饰名词；而这里需要用副词horrifically来修饰动词screamed。
Not this
I felt horrific after watching that horror movie.
Use this
I felt horrified after watching that horror movie.
horrific表示令人恐惧的，而描述人的感受应该用过去分词horrified（感到恐惧的）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
可怕的事故
There was a horrific accident on the highway yesterday.
昨天高速公路上发生了一起可怕的事故。
骇人听闻的罪行
The murderer committed a horrific crime.
那个凶手犯下了骇人听闻的罪行。
恐怖的场面
The firefighters witnessed a horrific scene at the explosion site.
消防员在爆炸现场目睹了恐怖的场面。
可怕的经历
She had a horrific experience during the earthquake.
她在地震中经历了一次可怕的经历。
可怕的条件
The prisoners lived under horrific conditions.
囚犯们生活在可怕的条件中。
Use horrific naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
将 horrific 拆分为 horror（恐怖）+ fic（做），联想为‘制造恐怖的事物’，由此记住其‘令人毛骨悚然的’含义。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、个人经历描述、文学描写 通常用于描述令人震惊或恐惧的事件，在正式和非正式场合均可使用，比较常见于新闻报道和个人叙述中。
All listed words share the final /ɪfɪk/ syllables and rhyme with 'horrific'. Note that words like 'horrify' (/ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/) end in -ify and do not rhyme; they have a different vowel sound.
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