Fearful
['fɪəfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['fɪrfəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) experiencing or showing fear; 'a fearful glance'; 'fearful of criticism' .
(adj.) timid by nature or revealing timidity; 'timorous little mouse'; 'in a timorous tone'; 'cast fearful glances at the large dog' .
(adj.) extremely distressing; 'fearful slum conditions'; 'a frightful mistake' .
校對:马特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
(a.) inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
(a.) Indicating, or caused by, fear.
(a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
珍手打
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Afraid, apprehensive, haunted with fear.[2]. Timid, timorous, nervous, diffident, pusillanimous, cowardly, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, white-livered, showing the white feather, easily frightened.[3]. Terrible, dreadful, frightful, dire, direful.[4]. Awful, to be reverenced.
手打:凯勒
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Timid, hesitating, terrible, awful, apprehensive, frightful, shocking,terrific, afraid, horrible, dreadful
ANT:Bold, venturesome, confident, audacious, consolatory, inspiriting, assuring,alluring, attractive, hopeful, inviting
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例句/造句/用法:
- The address was solemn and impressive; the sentence fearful to hear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Some fearful hours went over me: indescribably was I torn, racked and oppressed in mind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- No, guardian, I returned, fearful of the light that dimly broke upon me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Or can such an one account death fearful? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- You were in a FEARFUL state when you came to me. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The most extraordinary thing about the man was, that he was contorting his face into the most fearful and astonishing grimaces that ever were beheld. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- To England, then, I conveyed her; a fearful voyage I had with such a monster in the vessel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But stronger than all was maternal love, wrought into a paroxysm of frenzy by the near approach of a fearful danger. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The nervous terrors and fearful visions which had scared us during the spring, continued to visit our coward troop during this sad journey. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- You're a fearful woman, but I don't bear you no ill-will. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- But now a fearful circumstance occurs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Never in all his life had so fearful a sound smote upon his ears. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It was as if the wind and rain had lulled at last, after a long and fearful storm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- In such minds, disregard of religion is a more fearful treason,--a more deadly sin. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- In doing this, Butler made a fearful mistake. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- What happened after that is like some fearful dream. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I thought of Steerforth: and a foolish, fearful fancy came upon me of his being near at hand, and liable to be met at any turn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- There was a fearful pause. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But now each seemed fearful lest the fatal moment should pass, while the choice was yet undecided. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- And these sounds he rendered yet more fearful, by banging against each other two or three pieces of rusty armour which lay scattered around the hall. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He had fearful wounds upon him, and she bound them up with her dress torn into strips. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Saying this, he suddenly quitted me, fearful, perhaps, of any change in my sentiments. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- His complexion was white with agitation, and he looked as if fearful of his reception, and conscious that he merited no kind one. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- These criminals undergo the fearful operation without a wince, without a tremor of any kind, without a groan! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The very love which she might feel for her sons only served to render the timid and pious lady more fearful and unhappy. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It is a fearful one to us, said Miss Ophelia. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- True, said he, and fearful to reflect upon. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- With an heavy heart I entered the palace, and stood fearful to advance, to speak, to look. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Elizabeth observed my agitation for some time in timid and fearful silence; at length she said, What is it that agitates you, my dear Victor? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- He is the most fearful of giving pain, of wounding expectation, and the most incapable of being selfish, of any body I ever saw. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
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