ghastly: suggests the terrifying aspects of bloodshed, death, corpses, and ghosts: a ~ portrait of life after a nuclear war. （aspect有2个意思 1、方面方向a part of something即事物的一部分，如an article that considers the financial aspects of divorce文章考虑了离婚的财务方面，如computers now influence all aspects of American life电脑影响美国人生活方方面面，如the house has a southern aspect房子面朝南 2、外观(正式)formal: the way a person, place, or thing appears正式用语，如the place had a peaceful aspect这个地方外观祥和，如he had a belligerent aspect他样子好斗，如the old house took on a dark and lonely aspect at night夜晚房子显得黑暗孤寂，如aspect ratio是显示器的高宽比如16:9，来自词根SPECT看to look at，如respect尊重retrospect回顾prospect前景despise鄙视auspice吉兆） 又如ghastly crime/murder/weather/mistake可怕的罪行/谋杀/恶劣天气/错误 可以把ghast想成ghost鬼魂
grisly, gruesome: suggests additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty and an appearance that inspires shuddering or horror: the case of an unusually ~
murder; the ~ history of the Nazi death camps. 又如a grisly crime可憎的罪行，如本例残忍/骇人听闻的谋杀，如gruesome murder/accident骇人听闻的谋杀案/可怕的事故
macabre: implies a marked or excessive preoccupation with the horrible aspects especially of death: a ~ tale of premature burial. （preoccupied全神贯注一门心思心事重重以致忽略其它事情to think a lot about something that you hardly notice other things，如she looked very preoccupied她看起来心事重重，如本例一心关注死亡） 如a macabre tale/joke/ritual可怕的故事/笑话/仪式
grim: suggests a fierce and forbidding aspect: the ~ face of an executioner. (forbidding 1冷峻 2让人害怕，如a forbidding look on his face冷峻面容, the house is dark and forbidding房子很黑让人害怕, 注意是2个d) 又如grim prospect/picture/face/look/smile黯淡前景/严峻情形/严肃（凶狠）的面孔/表情/冷笑
lurid: suggests shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder: the tabloids wallowed in the crime's ~ details. 这个词强调令人震惊shocking，如lurid headlines/description骇人的标题/描述，如lurid stories of politicians’ sexual adventures关于政客桃色新闻的耸人听闻的报道
ghastly可怕: 表示外观恐怖，如流血死亡尸体鬼魂，grisly, gruesome可怕残暴: 增加了暴力残忍的意思，macabre可怕: 指充斥着死亡的样子，grim凶狠: 表示外观凶狠令人害怕，lurid骇人听闻: 指沉溺于暴力谋杀
记忆方法: 1）首字母GGGMGL想成马路4鬼<==可怖
2）可怖的意思是令人恐怖mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect.
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