"the awful war" "an awful risk" "dire news" "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked" "the dread presence of the headmaster" "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was" "a dreadful storm" "a fearful howling" "horrendous explosions shook the city" "a terrible curse"
"atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
"severe pain" "a severe case of flu" "a terrible cough" "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns" "a wicked cough"
"in a frightful hurry" "spent a frightful amount of money"
误 My room was in a terrific state of disorder.
正 My room was in a terrible state of disorder.
析 在非正式文体中, terrific多表示“极好的”,而terrible表示“极坏的”,所以在本例中不能用terrific。
