awful

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['ɔːfʊlˈɔ:fl]
• 美式音标 [ˈɑː.fəl]
• 英式发音
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基本解释

• adj.糟糕的；可怕的；充满敬畏的；难受的
• adv.极其

词源解说

• 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古英语的egefull，意为令人害怕的。

词根记忆

• aw(看作awe，恐惧) + ful(…的)→令人恐惧的→令人不愉快的
• 来自awe(n.敬畏)
• 来自awe(n.敬畏，惧怕)
• aw(e)(敬畏) + ful(形容词后缀)→令人敬畏的→可怕的

同根派生

• adv性质的同根词

  awfully：可怕地；十分；非常；很。

• n性质的同根词

  awfulness：威严；虔敬；可怕。

• awful相关词

用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• awful 从构词角度上看,是awe加后缀-ful构成的形容词。它的基本词义是 inspiring awe(引起恐惧,令人畏惧),但在现代英语,特别是口语中,这个词差不多总是用于“坏的”“讨厌的”“使人不愉快的”“非常的,极大的”等意思。
• awful 作“非常的; 很多的; 过多的”解时不用于比较等级。

adv. (副词)

• 在非正式英语中,尤其是美式英语中, awful可用作副词,作“很; 非常; 十分”解,但只用在形容词或过去分词之前,而不用在动词之后。
• awful用作副词时不用于比较等级。

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• It was an awful film.
  那是一部糟糕的电影。

用作表语: S+be+～

• The weather is awful today.
  今天天气坏透了。

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

• I feel awful about forgetting her birthday.
  我忘了她的生日,感到很难过。

S+be+～+to- v

• His sufferings were awful to see.
  他受的痛苦看起来很可怕。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It was awful to see him in such pain.
  看到他疼痛难忍真让人难受。

It is/was+～+ v -ing

• It is awful working there.
  在那儿干活糟透了。

It is/was+～+that/wh-clause

• It was awful that they were reprimanded because of my mistake.
  使人难过的是,他们因为我的过失而受申斥。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

• She was awful nice.
  她非常和气。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• awful accident 可怕的事故
• awful behaviour 极坏的行为
• awful book 非常糟糕的书
• awful bore 很令人厌烦的人
• awful death 惨死

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (BAD) extremely bad or unpleasant
• (VERY GREAT) very great

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
• If you say that something is awful, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad.
• If you look or feel awful, you look or feel ill.
• You can use awful with noun groups that refer to an amount in order to emphasize how large that amount is.
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