2018年6月25日月曜日

8a-06 It's heartbreaking to think about...

Expressing emotional reaction to news items

It's horrifying to see people living in such poor conditions.

It's horrifying to see children starving while other countries have more than enough to eat.

It's awful to hear about people living without access to safe drinking water.

It's heartbreaking to read about people losing absolutely everything and having start all over with nothing.


*hór・ri・fy・ing 
[形]
❶ 〈光景などが〉恐ろしい, ぞっとするような(horrific).
❷ 不愉快な, 不親切な.
=extremely bad, especially in a way that is frightening or upsetting;

*aw・ful 
 / ɔ´ːfl, ((米+))ɑ´ːfl /
(変化形の発音 awfuller ,awfullest )
《◆[形] ❹では  / -fUl / 》
【原義:畏(おそ)れ(awe)がいっぱい(ful)】
━━[形] (more [most] ~;-・ful・ler[lest])
❶ ((略式))不快な, 気分が悪い;〈天気・傷などが〉ひどい, たいへん悪い;後悔して, 気がとがめて(terrible)
=very bad or unpleasant

*trag・ic 
 / trǽdʒIk /
【[派]←tragedy(名)】
━━[形] (more [most] ~)
❶ 悲惨な, 痛ましい
=a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad, especially because it involves death or suffering

*ap・pall, 
((英では主に))ap・pal / əpɔ´ːl, ((米+))-pɑ´ːl / 
(変化形の発音 appalls ,appalled ,appalling ,appals ,appaled ,appaling )
[動] (他) …をぞっと[ぎょっと]させる(horrify);[be ~ed] 〈人が〉〔…に/…ということに/…して〕ぞっと[ぎょっと]する〔at, by / that節 / to do〕.
=to make someone feel very shocked and upset:

*dév・as・tàt・ing 
 / -tèItIŋ / 
[形] 
❶ [通例限定]〈物・事が〉破壊的な, 壊滅的な(disastrous)
=badly damaging or destroying something:

*dread・ful 
 / drédfl / 
[形] 
❶ ひどく不快な, ひどく悪い(terrible)
=extremely unpleasant; [=]terrible:

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