英语释义

• causing fear or dread or terror;

  "the awful war"

  "an awful risk"

  "dire news"

  "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"

  "the dread presence of the headmaster"

  "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"

  "a dreadful storm"

  "a fearful howling"

  "horrendous explosions shook the city"

  "a terrible curse"

片语

terriblead 很，非常

miserable悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的

horrible可怕的；极讨厌的

英汉例句

• I am the greatest, able to do least, yet most suspected, as the time and place doth make against me of this direful murder;

  时间和地点都可以作不利于我的证人，在这场悲惨的血案中，我虽然是一个能力最薄弱的人，但却是嫌疑最重的人。

• Either the earth would fall in and fill up the pit or some direful noise or apparition would throw the party into a panic and frighten them from the place;

  不是地面突然下陷，填上了坑，就是出现了一些可怕的噪音或者鬼魂，吓得在场的人惊慌失措、四处逃散；

• the awful war; an awful risk; dire news; a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked; the dread presence of the headmaster; polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was; a dreadful storm; a fearful howling; horrendous explosions shook the city; a terrible curse.

  可怕的战争；可怕的冒险；可怕的消息；一件恐怖得震惊了伦敦的事件或者说复仇；校长的可怕到场；脊髓灰质炎不再像以前是种恐怖的疾病了；可怕的暴风雨；可怕的嚎叫；可怕的爆炸震惊的这座城市；恐怖的诅咒。

• Clay prayed," I implore, as the best blessing which Heaven can bestow upon me upon earth, that if the direful and sad event of the dissolution of the Union shall happen, I may not survive to behold the sad and heart-rending spectacle.

  克雷曾这样祷告：「祈求，希望上天降临最好福祉到这片土地之上，如果联邦瓦解的悲惨事实真的发生，那么我将无法继续活着承受这件令人心碎的事情。

• What mind is there that does not shrink from its direful effects?

  哪一颗心不会在这令人毛骨悚然的三个字前抽搐痉挛？

• She stays, exclaiming on the direful night;

  她呆着，为恐怖之夜惊呼；

相似词

alarming使惊恐（alarm的ing形式）

black黑色的；黑人的；邪恶的

相反词

unthreatening没有威胁的