1·A terrible thing happened last night.
昨天夜里发生了一件可怕的事情。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·What manner of man could do such a terrible thing?
究竟什么人能做出这样可怕的事呢？
—— 《牛津词典》
3·It is a terrible thing to waste.
浪费是一件可怕的事情。
4·That's a terrible thing to say.
这话说不得。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·That's a terrible thing to say!
说这话太难听了！
—— 《牛津词典》
6·It's a terrible thing when nobody wants to dance with you.
没有人想和你跳舞是件糟糕的事。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
7·Many of you may think it is a terrible thing to study history.
你们中的许多人可能认为学习历史是一件糟糕的事情。
8·I am meeting with the headmaster twice a week and trying to discover why I did such a terrible thing to a girl like Sally.
我每周会见校长两次，试图找出我为什么对莎莉这样的女孩做出如此可怕的事情。
9·He felt that being locked in the library didn't seem to be such a terrible thing.
他觉得被锁在图书馆里似乎并不是什么可怕的事情。
10·He had done a terrible thing, and there he stood forever with his feet in the water below.
他做了坏事，永远站在水中。