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1 very bad or unpleasant 同义词 terrible :

The weather was awful.

He is a pretty awful driver.

That fridge smells awful.

The last six months have been awful for her.

I’ve stopped believing most of what he says. Isn’t that awful?

I’m sure Suzy is dead but the awful thing is not knowing how it happened.

2 [仅用于名词前] spoken used to emphasize how much or how good, bad etc something is :

An awful lot of people (= a large number of people ) died in the war.

He made me feel an awful fool.

3 look/feel awful to look or feel ill :

She’s lost a lot of weight and she looks awful.

4 literary making you feel great respect or fear

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