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

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 must be frightfully cruel," she muttered.
我一定冷酷得可怕。她嘟囔道。
They aren't so frightfully expensive, are they?
又不是特别贵，对吧？
The Gipsy grumbled frightfully, and declared if he did a few more deals of that sort he'd be ruined.
那个吉卜赛人抱怨说，这种生意要是再做几次，他就要倾家荡产了。
I am frightfully confused regarding time and place;
我的时间感和地区感都混乱得可怕。
They were being frightfully uppish and rude.
他们极端的傲慢和粗鲁。
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。
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。