读音

/ˈɔːfəl/

释义

• 形容词: 极其不愉快的，可怕的，令人敬畏的。例如: “I had an awful headache this morning.”
• 副词: 非常，极其。例如: “He played awful badly in the match.”

短语

• “an awful lot” 意为非常多，例如: “She has an awful lot of work to do.”
• “awful nice” 在口语中表示非常友善或好，例如: “That was awful nice of you.”

例句

• 形容词: “The storm last night was absolutely awful, with thunder and lightning everywhere.”
• 副词: “He sang so awful that everyone covered their ears.”

同义词

• terrible
• horrible
• dreadful
• fearfully
• immensely (当表示程度时)