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  • 工作学习 / English / Jabber's English Note---052
    What are the meanings of the following words?

    Terribly, Horriblly, .....

    We know the meaning of the following sentences:

    1) It is terrible.

    2) It's a horrible scene.

    I don't know how to interpret the above sentenses into Chinese precisely. However, I do know these sentenses describe some bad things and have negative implications.

    Now let's look at the following sentenses:

    It's terribly good.

    It's horribly sweet.

    It does not make much sense for us to translate the above sentenses. The only thing we need know is that the words "terribly" and "horribly" have no exact semantics here. They are just used to emphasize something. In another word, there is no longer the meaning of "terrible" and "horrible" in the above two sentenses.

    Give one more example:

    Nova Scotia's winter is horribly cold. (It is very, very cold in winter in Nova Scotia.)
    • hi,jabber,long time no see you!How are you doing? I'm clare ,come from ChongQing! you always put some useful word on this forum,thanks a lot!
      • How time flies! You have been promoted to the position of a grandma?
      • Are you in ChongQing now?
    • If the cold winter is very very cold, maybe it is also fearful.
      • You are terribly right!
    • Great! I heard that Nova Scotia is bitterly cold in winter.
    • dear jabber
      one moderator at the english learning forum of is4u.net said: the miracle is the more you share, the more you will have. May god bless you share more and have more. May we all learn a lot from you.
      • Thanks a million!
    • if u come to Japan,you may hear "すごい" here and there.it is the same.