英単語

horrificの意味・使い方・発音

horrific

英 [hɒ'rɪfɪk] 美 [hə'rɪfɪk]
  • adj.怖い;気味が悪い。

英語の語源


horrific (adj.)
"causing horror," 1650s, from French horrifique or directly from Latin horrificus "dreadful, exciting terror," literally "making the hair stand on end," from horrere "to bristle, to stand on end" (see horror) + -ficus, from stem of facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Horrifically.

例文


1. The annual slaughter of wildlife in Italy is horrific .
イタリアでは、毎年野生動物を大量に捕殺する現象が衝撃的だ。

2.The slaughter was horrific .
虐殺は衝撃的だった。

3.The film showed the most horrific murder scenes.
その映画には恐ろしい殺人シーンがあった。

4.The aid coming in has made no impression on on the horrific death rates.
徐々に到達する救助は、恐ろしい死亡率には何の役にも立たない。

5.Although the offences were horrific it was to her credit that she had owned up.
彼女の犯罪手段は残忍だが、彼女の自白は認めることができる。

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