You must read this book, it's terrific. 查《远东英汉大辞典》和《牛津现代高级英汉双解辞典》，terrific 只有两个含义①可怕的；令人恐怖的；②非常的；极大的。但是这两个含义都不符合句意。请解释。
terrific 与 terrible, horrible, dreadful, frightful 是同义词, 都表示“可怕的”, 但是后几个词都转化为表示不赞赏的用语(糟糕的)。唯独 terrific 有时会转化为表示赞赏的用语(=very good; excellent: 极妙的, 成功的, 了不起的)。这就是说, terrific 具有“同词反义”的现象。上面两部辞典没有收入 terrific 的这个含义。
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That music is terrible! (Chambers) 那音乐真是太糟了!
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What terrible food they gave us! (OSD) 他们给我们的食品多么糟啊!
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What a horrible dress! (LDCE) 多么难看的衣服!
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What dreadful weather! 多么糟的天气啊！
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We were glad when that dreadful child went home. (Neal) 当那个令人讨厌的孩子回家去了的时候,我们都很高兴。
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We're having frightful weather this week. 这个星期的天气真糟糕。
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The film was terrific. 这部电影很妙。
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It was a terrific play. (McArthur) 那是一部很成功的剧本。
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Our new carpet looks terrific. (EED) 我们的新地毯看起来很漂亮。
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A terrific earthquake shook Japan. (Thorndike) 一场强烈的地震震撼了日本。
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A terrific explosion woke the whole town. (FWF) 猛烈的爆炸把全镇的人都惊醒了。请做下面的英语试题：
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A long journey in cold weather is dreadfully tiring.
A. unfortunately B. terribly C. noticeably D. predictably (TOEFL)
- "How was the concert?" "Fine, except that we arrived ____.
A. terribly late B. terribly lately C. terrible late D. terrible lately(TOEFL)