ghastly
/ˈɡɑːstli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡæstli/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgast-lē/ (ame, mw)
ghastly — 形容詞
- ghastlypositive
- ghastliercomparative
- ghastliestsuperlative
1. describing an event, scene, or injury that shocks people because it involves dea
駭人的
因死傷或暴力而令人震驚的
describing an event, scene, or injury that shocks people because it involves death, suffering, or violence — like a serious traffic crash, a war photograph, or a terrible discovery at a crime scene.
Beatriz could not erase the ghastly images of the bus crash from her memory.
Beatriz 無法從腦中抹去那場巴士車禍駭人的畫面。
attributive: a ghastly + concrete noun (images, scene)
The journalist described the ghastly conditions inside the refugee camp.
那位記者描述了難民營內恐怖的生活條件。
collocation: ghastly conditions / scene / sight
Firefighters made a ghastly discovery in the basement after the fire was put out.
火災撲滅後，消防員在地下室發現了駭人的場景。
The old war photographs in the museum were truly ghastly to look at.
博物館裡那些舊戰爭照片看了真的很恐怖。
Pedro shut the book quickly when he reached the ghastly details of the murder.
Pedro 讀到謀殺案那些駭人的細節時，立刻把書合上。
文法句型
a ghastly + noun
be ghastly
用法筆記
Subject is usually a violent or harmful event, a visual scene, or evidence of one (crash, murder, injury, photograph). Distinguish from sense 2: sense 1 needs real harm or death; sense 2 is a personal complaint about something merely unpleasant.
常見錯誤
2. used by a speaker to say that something is extremely bad, ugly, or unpleasant in
糟透的
說話者主觀覺得很差很討厭
used by a speaker to say that something is extremely bad, ugly, or unpleasant in a personal way — like a meal you hated, a tasteless wallpaper, or a wet weekend that ruined a trip.
Adina thought the green floral wallpaper in the guest room was absolutely ghastly.
Adina 覺得客房裡那片綠色花紋壁紙真的醜得要命。
predicative with intensifier: absolutely / truly ghastly
We had a ghastly weekend in Brighton because it rained from Friday to Sunday.
我們在 Brighton 過了一個糟透的週末，因為從週五下到週日。
collocation: a ghastly weekend / time / day
Tuan made a ghastly mistake by sending the angry email to his boss.
Tuan 犯了一個糟透的錯，把那封氣憤的信寄給老闆。
The hotel breakfast was ghastly — cold toast and weak coffee in plastic cups.
飯店的早餐糟透了——冷掉的吐司加塑膠杯裝的淡咖啡。
Christopher refused to wear the ghastly orange tie his uncle gave him for Christmas.
Christopher 拒絕戴叔叔聖誕節送的那條醜得要命的橘色領帶。
- lovely
the natural British informal opposite.
- delightful
slightly more formal positive reaction.
文法句型
a ghastly + noun
be ghastly
用法筆記
Common in spoken British English to express strong personal dislike of taste, weather, food, clothes, or social situations. The speaker is complaining, not reporting actual harm. Often paired with intensifiers absolutely / utterly / truly.
常見錯誤
3. looking very ill, frightened, or shocked, with skin that has gone pale or grey l
面如死灰
臉色蒼白看起來像生病或受驚
looking very ill, frightened, or shocked, with skin that has gone pale or grey like that of a dead person.
Nkechi looked ghastly the morning after her food poisoning and could barely sit up.
Nkechi 食物中毒隔天早上面如死灰，幾乎坐不起來。
collocation: look ghastly (after illness)
Daniel went a ghastly shade of grey when the doctor explained the test results.
醫師說明檢查結果時，Daniel 的臉變得一片慘灰。
collocation: a ghastly shade / colour / pallor
Under the cold hospital lights, the patient's face had a ghastly pallor.
在醫院冰冷的燈光下，病人的臉色慘白得像死人一樣。
Ayesha came back from the dentist looking ghastly and went straight to bed.
Ayesha 從牙醫那邊回來時面如死灰，直接上床睡覺。
The actor's makeup gave him a ghastly white face for the vampire role.
為了演吸血鬼，那位演員臉上化了慘白的妝。
文法句型
look ghastly
a ghastly + noun (pallor, colour)
用法筆記
Subject is a person, a face, or skin tone. Usually appears with look / go / turn rather than be. Distinguish from sense 1 (which is about events) and sense 2 (which is about taste or quality); this sense is strictly about pale, sick-looking appearance.