英语同义词辨析——可怕的(形容词)
辨析：fearful, awful, dreadful, frightful, terrible, (horrible, formidable)
以上这组形容词都可以表示“可怕的”，但它们更多地用作强式词，其含义一般为“极度的”。
在作“可怕的”这一含义解时，它们的细微差别是：fearful表示在面临危险时，丧失了勇气，含有沉重的痛苦情感；awful含有令人望而生畏，或使人敬畏的意思。
1. It was a fearful accident. 那是可怕的事故。
2. What a fearful mess! 真是糟糕透了！
3. What’s Ron Mauston like, Pauline? 朗·马期顿是怎样的一个人，波林？
4. He’s awful. 他太可怕了。
5. It's very urgent. I felt awful. 是很急的病，我觉得糟透了。
dreadful: 尤指由于有了经验，看到可怕的东西而畏缩。
1. We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place. 我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。
2. What dreadful weather we are having! 天气糟透了！
3. a dreadful disaster 可怕的灾难
frightful：多用于一次突然的惊惧吓唬。
1. It was a frightful storm. 那是一次可怕的风暴。
2. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state. 他脸色苍白，一身衣服弄得一团糟。What a frightful hat! 多么难看的帽子啊！
3. Due to the unremitting efforts of the leaders of the two countries, a frightful disaster was avoided. 由于两国领导人的不懈努力,一次可怕的战争灾难避免了。
terrible： 强调令人难以忍受的可怕。这些词在用作强调式词时，都含有上述细微差异。
1. It was a terrible war. 那是一常可怕的战争。
2. I really cannot bear the terrible heat. 我真受不了这极端的炎热。
3. The flood last year was a terrible catastrophe in which many people died. 去年的那场水灾真是一场可怕的灾难,使许多人丧失生命。
4. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'My dear, it must be terrible to be grown up!' 假若有人问她多大年纪，她都是回答，'亲爱的，人长大了，一定很可怕!'
5. We saw a terrible storm. 我们遇到了一场可怕的风暴。
6. Hob's a terrible dancer; he's too clumsy and keeps stepping on his partner's feet. 鲍勃跳舞跳得糟透了，笨手笨脚的，老是踩他舞伴的脚。
7. Your writing is terrible. 你的字写得很糟糕。
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