If all these were not enough, famine is a dreadful possibility.

如果这一切还不够，饥荒也是个可怕的可能性。

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"That was a dreadful snowstorm"; and he sighed again, and was silent.

“真是一场可怕的暴风雪。”他又叹了口气，陷入沉默。

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We've made a dreadful mistake.

我们犯了一个很大的错误。

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Murphy punished some a dreadful attempt of a tackle by Carr to score Munster's opening try in the 20th minute.

BBC: Munster 25-10 Connacht

Rick Santorum barely scraped 40% of the vote in the Senate race for Pennsylvania, a dreadful result for a two-term senator.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Indeed, Mr Cem made a dreadful start two-and-a-half years ago, when he became foreign minister in an awkward coalition led by the left-of-centre but nationalistic Bulent Ecevit.

ECONOMIST: Ismail Cem, a Turkish strategist