frightfully

英 [ˈfraɪtfəli]

美 [ˈfraɪtfəli]

adv.  十分; 极其

BNC.22413 / COCA.29432

牛津词典

adv.

• 十分；极其
  very; extremely
  1. I'm frightfully sorry.
     我非常抱歉。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 讨厌的;令人不快的;可怕的
  Frightfulmeans very bad or unpleasant.
  1. My father was unable to talk about the war, it was so frightful.
     我父亲没法谈论那场战争，那太可怕了。
• ADJ 非常的;极度的
  Frightfulis used to emphasize the extent or degree of something, usually something bad.
  1. He got himself into a frightful muddle...
     他把自己卷进了一个不可收拾的乱摊子。
  2. What frightful gossips people are, even one's best friends.
     人们最爱散布流言蜚语，哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。

英英释义

adv

• used as intensifiers
  1. terribly interesting
  2. I'm awful sorry
  Synonym:terriblyawfullyawful

双语例句

• He once yearned so frightfully for that occupation, and it was so welcome when it came;
  他曾经严重地渴望那种职业活动，在它出现时他便非常欢迎。
• Goose, not turkey turkey's out these days. oh, and not a pud make something frightfully elaborate and amazing of your own.
  要鹅，不要火鸡火鸡如今可过时了。噢，不要布丁你自己做一些精美的点心吧。
• Mr. Darling was frightfully ashamed of himself, but he would not give in.
  达林先生心里好不羞愧，可是他偏不肯让步。
• Your daughter sounds frightfully intellectual with no focus.
  听起来，你的女儿非常聪明，但没有重点。
• You look frightfully normal without them.
  你不戴眼镜看上去正常得吓人。
• I'm frightfully sorry, but I've got an awful shock for you.
  非常抱歉，但是我有一个非常糟糕的消息告诉你们。
• I'm not so frightfully ugly, not utterly stupid.
  我长得不是特丑，也不是特笨。
• He approached the other door with more hope; it was frightfully decrepit; its very immensity rendered it less solid; the planks were rotten; the iron bands there were only three of them were rusted.
  他怀着较大的希望去推那道大门。它已经破敝不堪，再加又高又阔，因而更不牢固，木板是腐朽的，长条铁皮只有三条，也全锈了。
• You never dream that you are making me frightfully unhappy.
  你从未想到过你正在使我非常不愉快。
• Our forefathers also created a kind of word by word written language which is frightfully difficult ( T2).
  我们的古人又造出了一种难到可怕的一块一块的文字；