awful
英 ['ɔːfʊl]
美 ['ɔfl]
語源
英語の語源
- awful (adj.)
- c. 1300, agheful "worthy of respect or fear," from aghe, an earlier form of awe (n.), + -ful. The Old English word was egefull. Weakened sense "very bad" is from 1809; weakened sense of "exceedingly" is by 1818.
例文
- 1. I don 't know how often I heard the same awful jokes.
- というマンネリな駄洒落は何度聞いたことがあるだろうか。
- 2.I 've got an awful lot of work to do.
- 私にはやることがたくさんあります。
- 3.The helicopter turned at an awful angle before righting itself.
- ヘリコプターは安定を取り戻す前に大きく傾いていた。
- 4.Between you and me,though,it 's been awful for business.
- でも、あなたと私の間では、このことはあまりよくできていません。
- 5.These guys talk an awful load of old cobblers.
- これらの人々は純粋にでたらめだ。
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