他因恐吓他人而得了一个可怕的名声。

He had developed a fearsome reputation for intimidating people.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

刚才我脑子里突然闪过一个可怕的念头。

An awful thought has just struck me.

《牛津词典》

一个可怕的念头闪过，我一下子愣住了。

I was brought up short by a terrible thought.

《牛津词典》

And then he says to Franny: "I'll tell you a terrible secret. Are you listening to me?

然后他对弗兰尼说：,我告诉你一个很可怕的秘密，你在听吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Now, the simile concludes with the strong sense of a hideous change -and you will recognize this pattern again and again in Milton -the hideous change undergone by the fallen angels.

这个比喻用一个强烈的可怕的转折来结尾,-你们会在弥尔顿的诗里一再看到这个特点,-一个堕落的天使们遭受到的可怕的转折。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It's going to be cancelled next year. I won't get my money back.' Loans must be made even if the debt will be cancelled, for the simple reason that the problem of poverty is a terrible and persistent problem.

因为在来年贷款会被解除，他们就收不回自己的钱了,即使是债务会被免除，人们也必须给人借贷，这仅仅,是因为贫困是一个长久存在的可怕问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选