"an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible" "an ugly wound"
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用作形容词(adj.)
He followed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes from his own past.他接下去讲了几件有关自己过去的令人震惊的轶事。
It is horrifying to think that students graduate without a thorough understanding of the subject matter.学生对主题没有透彻地理解就毕业是令人震惊的。