"Mother, I am so hungry," said Charley Gray, as he returned from school. "Why!" said his mother, "did you not eat the dinner that you carried with you?" "No, dear mother; as I was going to school, I saw, sitting by the roadside, a poor old man and a little girl; they looked so sad and tired that I stopped to speak to them; they said they were very hungry—so I gave them my dinner, and went without myself. I am glad I did it, for it must be
dreadful1 to suffer from hunger."
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| adj.糟透了的，极端的，可怕的，令人畏惧的 |
参考例句： |
- I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
- I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。
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