詞彙精選：frightful的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
可怕的，驚人的；討厭的，醜惡的
例句：
And that I durst to believe there was nothing in this cave that was more frightful than my self.
而且，我敢相信，在這洞裏，沒有其他東西會比我自己更討厭了。
例句：
My father was unable to talk about the war, it was so frightful.
我父親沒法談論那場戰爭，那太可怕了。
極度的，非常的
例句：
He got himself into a frightful muddle.
他把自己捲進了一個不可收拾的亂攤子。
例句：
What frightful gossips people are, even one's best friends.
人們最愛散佈流言蜚語，哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。
二、詞義辨析：
afraid,fearful,awful,dreadful,frightful,terrible,horrible,terrific,appalling
這些形容詞均含“害怕的、可怕的”之意。afraid指由於膽小或怯懦而不敢說或做某事。fearful普通用詞，既指外界情況變化而引起的恐懼，又指來自內心的害怕與焦慮。awful指威嚴得令人害怕或敬畏，有一定的感情色彩。dreadful指使人非常恐懼，毛骨悚然，也使人感到討厭而退縮。frightful指使人陷入短暫的驚恐或產生毛骨悚然的感覺。terrible側重指給人以長久的驚駭，極端的恐怖，令人難以忍受。horrible指因駭人聽聞的醜惡而令人毛骨悚然，着重厭惡的成分多於害怕。terrific多指外表、形狀或力量等的可怕。appalling指既令害怕又使人驚異、膽寒。
三、參考例句：
He got himself into a frightful muddle.
他把自己捲進了一個不可收拾的亂攤子。
I was awakened by a frightful clap of thunder.
我被一聲可怕的雷聲驚醒。
These frightful experiences are branded on his memory.
這些可怕的經歷深深印入他的記憶。
What frightful gossips people are, even one's best friends.
人們最愛散佈流言蜚語，哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。
It was at best an acute and frightful reminder.
它至多是個尖銳而又可怕的提示。
That pale face and flaming glance appeared to Villefort like a frightful apparition.
他蒼白的臉和那因激動而發紅的眼睛在維爾福看來象是一個可怕的幽靈。
As he rose he dealt the scoundrel a frightful uppercut that sent him off his feet.
他站起來對準那惡棍的下巴猛地一拳，把他打倒在地。
She was racked with the imagination of the future's frightful monotony.
她滿腦子充斥着對於未來生活的貧乏單調的想象。
I could get into frightful trouble if I borrow her car without asking.
我如果沒問她就借走她的車，可能會惹來很大的麻煩。
And that I durst to believe there was nothing in this cave that was more frightful than my self.
而且，我敢相信，在這洞裏，沒有其他東西會比我自己更討厭了。
