late 14c., "causing terror, awe, or dread; frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (cognates: Sanskrit trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Greek treëin "to tremble," Lithuanian trišeti "to tremble," Old Church Slavonic treso "I shake," Middle Irish tarrach "timid"). Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1590s.
双语例句
1. The evening show was terrible, with hesitant unsure performances from all.
晚上的演出很糟，所有人都缩手缩脚，显得很不自信。
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2. It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self-esteem.
这件事如此丢脸，深深地挫伤了我的自尊心。
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3. I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.
我头很痛，已经酩酊大醉。
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4. Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.
现在的房子大多质量差劲透顶，肯定都是偷工减料盖起来的。
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5. He must be made answerable for these terrible crimes.