dreadful是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 可怕的； 令人敬畏的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced.
-- A dreadful storm comes on, the ship is like to break.
-- He feels that his dreadful punishment is just.
-- "The dark ocean and swelling waters were nothing; the fears of being swallowed up by some dreadful tempest, or dashed upon hidden rocks, with all the other ordinary subjects of fearful contemplation, seemed scarcely entitled to a moment's thought; the dismal looking wreck, and the horrid aspect and revenge of the whale, wholly engrossed my reflections, until day again made its appearance."
-- "And you have once in your life passed a holy church in Cape-Town, where you doubtless overheard a holy parson addressing his hearers as his beloved fellow-creatures, have you, cook!And yet you come here, and tell me such a dreadful lie as you did just now, eh?"
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Oliver fell on his knees, and clasping his hands together, prayed that they would order him back to the dark room--that they would starve him--beat him--kill him if they pleased--rather than send him away with that dreadful man.
-- I only hope this'll teach master not to have any more of these dreadful creatures, that are born to be murderers and robbers from their very cradle.
-- Oh!what dreadful pain it is!
-- When Noah saw that the intelligence he communicated perfectly paralysed Mr. Bumble, he imparted additional effect thereunto, by bewailing his dreadful wounds ten times louder than before; and when he observed a gentleman in a white waistcoat crossing the yard, he was more tragic in his lamentations than ever: rightly conceiving it highly expedient to attract the notice, and rouse the indignation, of the gentleman aforesaid.
-- In a dreadful state of doubt and uncertainty, the agonised young woman staggered to the gate, and then, exchanging her faltering walk for a swift run, returned by the most devious and complicated route she could think of, to the domicile of the Jew.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But in an instant arose the dreadful suspicion of his being purposely omitted for Mr. Darcy's pleasure in the Bingleys' invitation to the officers; and though this was not exactly the case, the absolute fact of his absence was pronounced by his friend Denny, to whom Lydia eagerly ap-plied, and who told them that Wickham had been obliged to go to town on business the day before, and was not yet returned; adding, with a significant smile, 'I do not imagine his business would have called him away just now, if he had not wanted to avoid a certain gentleman here.'
-- I am quite well; I am only distressed by some dreadful news which I have just received from Longbourn.'
-- 'I have just had a letter from Jane, with such dreadful news.
-- Tell him what a dreadful state I am in, that I am frighted out of my wits and have such tremblings, such flutterings, all over me such spasms in my side and pains in my head, and such beatings at heart, that I can get no rest by night nor by day.
-- After joining in general lamentations over the dreadful sequel of this event, which Elizabeth considered as all but certain, and Miss Bennet could not assert to be wholly impossible, the former continued the subject, by saying, 'But tell me all and everything about it which I have not already heard.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I, who knew nothing what they meant, thought the ship had broken, or some dreadful thing happened.
-- The usage I had there was not so dreadful as at first Iapprehended; nor was I carried up the country to the em-peror's court, as the rest of our men were, but was kept by the captain of the rover as his proper prize, and made his slave, being young and nimble, and fit for his business.
-- Yet such was the fright I had taken of the Moors, and the dreadful apprehensions I had of falling into their hands, that I would not stop, or go on shore, or come to an anchor; the wind continuing fair till I had sailed in that manner five days; and then the wind shifting to the southward, I con-cluded also that if any of our vessels were in chase of me, they also would now give over; so I ventured to make to the coast, and came to an anchor in the mouth of a little riv-er, I knew not what, nor where, neither what latitude, what country, what nation, or what river.
-- We came into this creek in the evening, resolv-ing to swim on shore as soon as it was dark, and discover the country; but as soon as it was quite dark, we heard such dreadful noises of the barking, roaring, and howling of wild creatures, of we knew not what kinds, that the poor boy was ready to die with fear, and begged of me not to go on shore till day.
-- Xury, whose eyes were more about him than it seems mine were, calls softly to me, and tells me that we had best go farther off the shore; 'For,' says he, 'look, yonder lies a dreadful monster on the side of that hillock, fast asleep.'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I liked the things and the kisses, but it was dreadful to have you sit looking at me while I opened the bundles,' said Beth, who was toasting her face and the bread for tea at the same time.
-- And Jo blushed at the dreadful 'pegging' which had escaped her.
-- 'Don't use such dreadful expressions,' replied Meg from the depths of the veil in which she had shrouded herself like a nun sick of the world.
-- The gruff voice was gruffer than ever, as the old gentleman said abruptly, after the dreadful pause, 'So you're not afraid of me, hey?'
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