"ghastly" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 可怕的

Definition

極其不愉快的、令人震驚的或可怕的。既可以嚴肅地描述恐怖的事物，也可以非正式地誇張描述糟糕的事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

在英式英語中更常見。常帶有戲劇性色彩——'ghastly weather', 'ghastly mistake'。也可以描述某人蒼白病態的樣子：'You look ghastly。'比'awful'更強烈。

Examples

The accident scene was absolutely ghastly.

事故現場簡直**可怕**極了。

She made a ghastly mistake by sending the email to the wrong person.

她犯了一個**可怕**的錯誤，把郵件發給了錯誤的人。

You look ghastly — are you feeling alright?

你看起來臉色**很差**——你還好嗎？

The hotel was advertised as luxurious, but in reality it was absolutely ghastly.

這家酒店宣傳說很豪華，但實際上簡直**糟糕透頂**。

I had the most ghastly dream last night — I woke up in a cold sweat.

我昨晚做了最**可怕**的夢——一身冷汗地醒來。

The food was ghastly, but we were too polite to say anything.

食物**難喫極了**，但我們太客氣了沒好意思說。