awful
adjective uk/ˈɔː.fəl/ us/ˈɑː.fəl/
(BAD)
A2 极坏的;恶劣的;糟糕的;令人极不愉快的
extremely bad or unpleasant
He suffered awful injuries in the crash. 他在撞车事故中受了重伤。
We had awful weather. 我们碰上了糟糕的天气。
She has an awful boss. 她的老板极难相处。
What an awful thing to say! 说这种话，太不像话了！
Would life be so awful without a car? 没有车，日子就那么难过吗？
The food was awful. 这食物糟糕透顶。
She'd been ill and she looked awful. 她一直在生病，气色糟透了。
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- If the party is awful, we can always leave .
- The hotel was awful! To begin with, our room was far too small.
- The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.
- It's a good job they didn't go camping last weekend - the weather was awful.
- They live downwind of a pig-farm and sometimes the smell is awful.
(VERY GREAT)
B2 [ before noun ]极大的;很多的
very great
I don't know an awful lot (= very much) about art, but I'm learning. 我对艺术知道的不是特别多，但是我正在学。
Fortunately it won't make an awful lot of difference if I don't pass the test. 幸好，我就是过不了考试也没有太大的关系。
It was an awful risk to take. 那样做太冒险了。
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- There's an awful lot of smut on television these days.
- There's an awful lot of work to be done.
- It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night.
- It takes an awful long time to travel across the city on public transport.
- I'm feeling an awful lot better, thanks.