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单词 ghastliness
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ghastliness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡɑːst.li.nəs/us
/ˈɡæst.li.nəs/
thequalityof beingunpleasantandshocking:
可怕，恐怖
"Life in thetrencheswas not all ghastliness," herecalled.“战壕里的生活并不都是严酷的”，他回忆道。
Thejudgesaid thejurymustconsiderthehorrorand the ghastliness of thecrime.法官说，陪审团必须将罪行的恐怖和恶劣程度纳入考量。
UKinformal
thequalityof beingextremelybad:
糟糕透顶
The ghastliness ofChristmascelebrationsoftendroveme tospendtheholidayseasonabroad.那些差劲无趣的圣诞庆祝活动常让我想出国度假。
Hecomplainedabout the ghastliness of themusicyoungpeoplelistenedto.他抱怨年轻人所听的音乐很粗俗。
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  • He was ayoungsoldierexposedto the ghastliness ofwar.
  • Herviewson the ghastliness ofcarehomesmay be acommonexperience.
  • Ihopeeverything willsettleback to the way it used to be, before all this ghastliness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
  • abominable
  • abominably
  • abysmal
  • abysmally
  • apocalyptic
  • fiendish
  • fraught
  • frightful
  • from hellidiom
  • fun
  • nightmarish
  • nightmarishly
  • noisome
  • not be all fun and gamesidiom
  • objectionable
  • vile
  • woeful
  • woefully
  • wretchedly
  • yucky
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(Definition ofghastlinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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People were horrified by theghastlinessof that situation.
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They will also realise the fullghastlinessof war and the futility of wasted lives.
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Clause 103 shows that parish councils or even parish meetings may be the authority, so that the situation takes on a newghastliness.
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I suggest that the people responsible for theghastlinessof those areas should be called in to clean them, up, by a special tax if necessary.
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If your humanity is to be delivered from the horrors andghastlinessof war, man must remain true to the ideal of fraternity and love and peace.
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