terribly
terribly — 副詞
1. used before adjectives, adverbs, or some verbs to add strong emphasis — often, b
非常；很
在形容詞或動詞前加強語氣，帶感情
used before adjectives, adverbs, or some verbs to add strong emphasis — often, but not always, with a personal feeling of concern, regret, or sympathy — for example, telling someone you are terribly sorry for losing their book, describing a terribly cold winter, or feeling terribly worried about a friend who has not come home.
Maja is terribly worried about her grandmother, who has been in hospital since Monday.
Maja 非常擔心她的祖母，她從星期一就住院了。
terribly + worried (emotion adjective)
Brandon was terribly sorry when he accidentally broke his friend's new phone.
Brandon 不小心摔壞朋友的新手機時，感到非常抱歉。
terribly sorry — a fixed phrase for a strong apology
Hiro thinks it is terribly important to recycle every piece of plastic at home.
Hiro 認為在家回收每一件塑膠製品非常重要。
Winter in Harbin was terribly cold, so Walid stayed inside for most of his visit.
哈爾濱的冬天非常冷，所以 Walid 大部份時間都待在室內。
- extremely
more formal and neutral; the go-to choice in academic writing
- very
less emotional and weaker in force; neutral across all registers
- awfully
similar in intensity and emotional tone; slightly more informal in American English
- dreadfully
more old-fashioned British English; same range but less common today
文法句型
terribly + adjective
terribly + adverb
terribly + past participle
用法筆記
Strongly associated with emotional or evaluative adjectives: 'sorry', 'worried', 'important', 'sad', 'kind', 'cold', 'expensive'. Sounds more personal and conversational than 'extremely'. In formal academic or business writing, prefer 'extremely' or 'very much'. The adverb sits before the adjective it modifies ('terribly sorry'), never after it. With positive adjectives ('good', 'nice', 'beautiful'), 'extremely' sounds more natural than 'terribly'.
2. in a way that is extremely bad or unskilled, causing a very negative reaction or
很糟地；嚴重
以極差或有害的方式
in a way that is extremely bad or unskilled, causing a very negative reaction or a harmful result — for example, failing an exam so completely that there is no chance of passing, or performing a song with so many mistakes that the audience feels embarrassed for you.
The band played terribly at the school concert, hitting half the notes wrong.
那個樂團在學校音樂會上演奏得很糟，一半的音都彈錯了。
verb + terribly (manner)
Reuben treated his roommate terribly during the first week, never helping with the dishes.
Reuben 第一週對待室友的方式很差，從來不幫忙洗碗。
treated someone terribly — pattern with a person as object
The first attempt at repairing the roof went terribly, and rain poured through the holes.
第一次修屋頂的嘗試搞得很糟，雨水從破洞裡灌了進來。
The students' first science experiment ended terribly when the beaker shattered across the lab floor.
學生們第一次做自然實驗的結果很糟，燒杯碎裂在實驗室的地板上。
- dreadfully
very similar in meaning; slightly more old-fashioned and common in British English
- awfully
overlaps with both senses of 'terribly'; can also be an intensifier
- perfectly
the opposite of doing something badly or unskilfully
- beautifully
opposite of performing or presenting something poorly
文法句型
verb + terribly
用法筆記
Position after the main verb ('played terribly', 'treated him terribly'), not before it. Manner adverbs like this one rarely sit between the subject and the verb in English — 'He terribly failed the exam' sounds unnatural. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense answers 'in what manner?', whereas sense 1 answers 'to what degree?' and sits before the adjective or verb it modifies.