A frightful traffic disaster was avoided.

一次可怕的交通事故避免了。

《新英汉大辞典》

He got himself into a frightful muddle.

他自己陷入了极度的混乱之中。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

This room's in a frightful mess.

房间里乱七八糟。

《牛津词典》

Google Music users learned of a frightful new policy this morning that dictates a user may de-authorize only four devices in a year, out of ten total activations.

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Surely anyone in Beijing in recent weeks cannot be oblivious to the frightful air, a problem shared routinely by other, less prominent Chinese cities and also to a degree by Hong Kong.

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Particularly egregious is its failure to complete a free-trade pact with Chile, a beacon of light in otherwise frightful South America.

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