单词盒子

awful

A 开头单词

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

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。

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。

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。

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

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.
  • awfully