1. America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time. 美国今天已经是一个远远离开了当年那种残暴、丑恶的偏执的世界。
2. But within the last hundred years, deserts have been increasing at frightful speed. 但是在最近的一百年里，沙漠以骇人听闻的速度增加。
3. When that happens, it give rise to that frightful "discontent in our culture, " where nobody feels at home because a "father" and "mother" are missing . 当它发生时，它会引发巨大的“对文化的不满”，那时没有人回觉得呆在家，因为一个“母亲”或“父亲”丢失了。
英英解释
adj.
1. provoking horror
2. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
3. extremely distressing
