frightful

• He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state .
  他看上去脸色苍白，浑身衣服脏乱不堪。
• Look at the influence that man must have. is it not frightful ?
  从这里可以看出，此人的来头非同小可。不是有点可怕吗？
• She was racked with the imagination of the future's frightful monotony .
  她满脑子充斥着对于未来生活的贫乏单调的想象。
• The spectators startled, as he turned upon her with a frightful suddenness .
  旁观者惊动了，因为他以一种骇人的突然猛抱住了她。
• May she wake in torment! he cried, with frightful vehemence, stamping his foot .
  愿她在苦痛中醒来！他带着可怕的激动喊着，跺着脚。
• The shift of the power balance in the atlantic was suddenly self-evident and frightful .
  大西洋的实力均势忽然起了明显而可怕的变化。
• While i was still vainly trying to establish order i heard a frightful yelling .
  我正在徒劳无功地维持秩序，忽然听到一声可怕的喊叫。
• The situation is frightful , but it is just piling on the agony to keep discussing it .
  情况很可怕，可是还一个劲儿地议论让人觉得更可怕。
• Why run such frightful risks, they conclude, since reactors are not even necessary ?
  他们得出结论说既然反应堆不是必不可少的，为什么要冒这样大的风险呢？
• I had the terrible prospect of poverty and starving which lay on me as a frightful specter .
  我眼中还是看到一个穷困饥饿的可怕前途，像个可怕的魔鬼似的站在我的面前。