But Grant had paid a terrible price: more than fifty thousand dead and wounded.

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And as if that weren't terrible enough a realization, he goes on to envision an even more grotesque end for Lycidas' body.

似乎这还不够可怕，弥尔顿又进一步给利西达斯的尸体想象了更加怪诞的结局。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

If somebody goes through a terrible initiation to get into a club, they'll like the club more.

如果人们需要经历一些低劣的入会仪式,才能够进入某个社团的话，那他们会更喜欢这个社团。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Suffering was terrible. An officer who led the wagon train said he learned more about the horrors of war on that one trip than he had learned in all of his battles.

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