fearsome

英 [ˈfɪəsəm]

美 [ˈfɪrsəm]

adj.  很可怕的; 十分吓人的

Collins.1 / BNC.11788 / COCA.14773

牛津词典

adj.

• 很可怕的；十分吓人的
  making people feel very frightened

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可怕的;骇人的;令人生畏的
  Fearsomeis used to describe things that are frightening, for example because of their large size or extreme nature.
  1. He had developed a fearsome reputation for intimidating people.
     他曾因恐吓他人而令人闻风丧胆。
  2. ...a fearsome array of weapons.
     一大批令人生畏的武器

英英释义

adj

• causing fear or dread or terror
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse
  Synonym:awfuldiredirefuldread(a)dreadeddreadfulfearfulfrighteninghorrendoushorrificterrible

双语例句

• But for most people, a quiet mind is a rather fearsome thing;
  但对大多数人而言，一个安静的头脑是很可怕的；
• This creates an ancillary difficulty it is useless to possess a fearsome weapon if no-one thinks you will ever fire it.
  这相应产生了一个难题如果没有人认为你会开火，那么你拥有一件可怕武器是没用的。
• She's a fearsome opponent.
  她是个令人畏惧的对手。
• I drove for a while across this fearsome emptiness.
  我开车开了好一阵穿过这片可怕的空旷之地。
• We become not a fearsome mind or a moral light, a role model or inspiration.
  我们变得不再是令人生畏的智者，或道德标杆、榜样、灵感启发者。
• Heavyweight Mike Tyson, one of the most fearsome and notorious fighters in boxing's history, said on Saturday it was a miracle he was still alive after the drugs and violence of his past.
  重量级拳击手迈克泰森是拳击历上最可怕的选手之一也是最声名狼籍的选手之一。上周六他表示，在经历了毒品和暴力之后还活着是一个奇迹。
• The global bogeymen of deleveraging and frozen credit markets are more fearsome in South Korea than most of Asia.
  相对于大多数亚洲国家，韩国更为担心全球普遍担忧的去杠杆化和信贷市场冻结。
• I'm going for fearsome here, but I just don't fell it.
  我一直想可怕一点，但是我老没有灵感。
• Against this fearsome background, what should ( and can) the eurozone do?
  面对当前这种可怕的形势，欧元区应该（且能够）采取哪些措施？
• It's home to some of the most fearsome weather on the face of the planet.
  它是这个星球表面一些最令人恐惧的天气的发源地。