terrible是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 很糟的； 可怕的， 骇人的； 极度的， 厉害的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "The more of those terrible creatures that are killed the better, at all events," said John Mangles, "so let's seize the chance, and it will not only give us a little diversion, but be doing a good action."
-- "It would be terrible for them if he did not."
-- Ships of the largest tonnage find, throughout, sufficient depth of water, even close to the shore, and there is a good bottom everywhere, and abundance of fresh water, and rivers abounding in fish, and forests in game, and plenty of safe and accessible harbors; in fact a thousand things which are lacking in Strait Lemaire and Cape Horn, with its terrible rocks, incessantly visited by hurricane and tempest.
-- However strong the will of these brave men might be, the time came at last when their physical powers failed, and vertigo, that terrible malady in the mountains, destroyed not only their bodily strength but their moral energy.
-- Day dawned and revealed a terrible scene.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At the last instant came this terrible catastrophe.
-- 'I find that before the terrible event occurred several peo-ple had seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon, and which could not possi-bly be any animal known to science.
-- They have always been together, and according to his account he has been a very lonely man with only her as a companion, so that the thought of losing her was really terrible to him.
-- Over the rocks, in the crevice of which the candle burned, there was thrust out an evil yellow face, a terrible animal face, all seamed and scored with vile passions.
-- He might have been the very spirit of that terrible place.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It must be terrible for you to hear it talked of; and as for your sister, I am sure I would not mention a word about it to her for the world.
-- So up he flew directly, and a terrible scene took place, for Lucy was come to them by that time, little dreaming what was going on.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "It means," the professional actor began, speaking as Ray, "that society is a terrible avenger of insult.
-- "It is a sad thing to want for happiness, but it is a terrible thing to see another groping about blindly for it, when it is almost within the grasp."
-- She almost trembled at the audacity which might have carried her on to a terrible rebuff.
-- If only the flying train could be stopped, the terrible trick would be amended.
-- When he did not come home it did not seem anything like a terrible thing to her.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Well, it's all terrible sad; but we've all got to go, one time or another.
-- Sally, it's terrible just terrible something's hap- pened to the boat, sure!'
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I don't know, Father, but believe me, the night has been a terrible one and I shall remember it as long as I live.
-- "By this time, he must have been swallowed by the Terrible Shark, which, for the last few days, has been bringing terror to these waters."
-- This said, he took the path at so swift a gait that he seemed to fly, and at every small sound he heard, he turned in fear to see whether the Terrible Shark, five stories high and with a train in his mouth, was following him.
-- CHAPTER 26 Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.
-- And with the words, he gave Pinocchio a terrible blow on the head.
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