awful
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['ɔːfʊlˈɔ:fl]
- 美式音标 [ˈɑː.fəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
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
用法辨析
- 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。
- 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。
adj. (形容词)
adv. (副词)
英汉例句
- It was an awful film.
那是一部糟糕的电影。 - The weather is awful today.
今天天气坏透了。 - I feel awful about forgetting her birthday.
我忘了她的生日,感到很难过。 - His sufferings were awful to see.
他受的痛苦看起来很可怕。 - It was awful to see him in such pain.
看到他疼痛难忍真让人难受。 - It is awful working there.
在那儿干活糟透了。 - 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。 - She was awful nice.
她非常和气。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
S+be+~+to- v
It is/was+~+to- v
It is/was+~+ v -ing
It is/was+~+that/wh-clause
用作副词 (adv.)
用作状语
词组短语
- 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
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
英英字典
- (BAD) extremely bad or unpleasant
- (VERY GREAT) very great
- 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.
- awfully