高频考研英语单词：awful

考研英语的战场上，词汇是决定胜负的基石。掌握科学的记忆法和真题语境，才能把单词真正刻在脑子里。今天，我们就来拆解一个考研高频核心词——awful，看看它到底有哪些隐藏的考点?

高频考研英语单词：awful

单词：awful

音标：/ˈɔːfl/

释义：a.极度的；极坏的；威严的；可怕的

考频：★★★★

记法：

词根拆分：awe（敬畏、恐惧） + ful（形容词后缀，表“充满…的”）→ 充满恐惧感的 → 可怕的，后续语义泛化引申出“极坏的、极度的”含义；也可谐音联想“哦服了”，遇到极度糟糕的糟心事时忍不住脱口而出“哦服了”，强化对“极坏的”核心义的记忆。

派生词：

awfully (副词，表程度，意为非常、极其；恶劣地)

awfulness (名词，意为糟糕的状况；可怕；威严)

more awful (形容词比较级，意为更糟糕的、更可怕的)

most awful (形容词最高级，意为最糟糕的、最可怕的)

搭配：

awful lot of 大量的，极多的

awful experience 糟糕的经历

feel awful 感觉糟透了/身体不舒服

awful situation 糟糕的处境

awful weather 恶劣天气

考研真题例句：

Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for independence, new responsibilities and environmental changes—all things that first-year students often struggle with the most, leading to awful mental health conditions.

间隔年不会拖学生的后腿，反而能让他们为独立、新的责任和环境变化做好准备，从而推动他们进步——所有这些都是大一新生最常难以应对的问题，往往会导致糟糕的心理健康状况。

When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us fall into a depression of spirit which we usually attribute to some other causes, half the time not even guessing that the awful atmosphere we are in is nothing like the real air we should be breathing.

当我们远离绿植、花草和树木时，大多数人会陷入精神抑郁，我们通常会将其归因于其他一些原因，有一半的时间甚至猜不到我们所处的恶劣环境根本不是我们本该呼吸的新鲜空气。

An awful lot of people are actually willing to pay a premium for products that are environmentally friendly.

有非常多的人实际上愿意为环保产品支付溢价。

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