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| /ˈterəbl/ |
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| 1 | making you feel very upset or afraid 使人烦恼的；可怕的；可怖的 |
| Her mother’ s sudden death came as a terrible shock. 她母亲突然去世的消息令人震惊不已。 |
| He’ s been through a terrible ordeal. 他经历了一场可怕的考验。 |
| A few minutes later there was a terrible scream. 几分钟后传来了一声恐怖的尖叫。 |
| That’ s a terrible thing to say about anyone! 不管说谁，这种话都够可怕的！ |
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| 2 | causing or involving serious harm or damage 严重的 |
| She suffered terrible injuries in the attack. 在那场袭击事件中，她受了很重的伤。 |
| There’ s been a terrible accident at the crossroads. 在十字路口发生了一起严重的事故。 |
| A terrible storm hit the island last night. 昨晚一场特大暴风雨袭击了该岛。 |
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| 3 | ill , unhappy , or feeling guilty 生病的；不高兴的；负疚的 |
| Don’ t you feel terrible about letting everyone down? 你让大家失望就不觉得心里有愧吗？ |
| What’ s wrong? You look terrible. 怎么啦？你看起来脸色非常差。 |
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| 4 | very bad in quality or ability （质量或能力）很差的 |
| The food was terrible. 饭菜很差。 |
| He’ s a terrible driver. 他开车水平很差。 |
| +at I’ ve always been really terrible at maths. 我的数学向来很差。 |
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| 5 | only before noun very great . Used for emphasizing the degree to which something bad is true （程度）极深的，严重的 |
| I’ m afraid there’ s been a terrible mistake. 恐怕有严重错误。 |
| He’ s obviously in terrible pain. 他显然疼得很厉害。 |
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