frightfully

英 [ˈfraɪtfəli]

美 [ˈfraɪtfəli]

adv. 十分; 极其

BNC.22413 / COCA.29432

牛津词典

adv.

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。

adv

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

Yet did the physician, in his dark way, creep frightfully near the secret.
不过，医生以他那不为人知的手段，已经可怕地爬近了秘密。
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；
She is so frightfully spoiled.
她给溺爱得不成样子。
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。
"I must be frightfully cruel," she muttered.
我一定冷酷得可怕。她嘟囔道。
Moving from Toxteth to a "frightfully posh" part of Cheshire, her mother came "face to face with the British class structure".
从托迪斯搬到柴郡一个“使人害怕的豪华的”区域，她的母亲“与英国阶级结构打了个照面”。
They aren't so frightfully expensive, are they?
又不是特别贵，对吧？
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。
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。
Your daughter sounds frightfully intellectual with no focus.
听起来，你的女儿非常聪明，但没有重点。