A：I have a terrible toothache.
      我牙痛得厉害。

B：Which tooth is it?
      哪颗牙？

A：(Pointing) This one here.
      （指指）这一颗。

B：Ah, yes. There’s a big cavity.
      啊，是的。有个大洞。

A：Can you fill it?
      能补吗？

B：I’m afraid not. The tooth is too far gone. It’ll have to be taken out.
      恐怕不行。坏得太厉害了。只好拔掉了。

terrible

A：Then I might as well have it out now.
      那还不如现在就拔呢。

terrible什么意思

B：You’d better wait. The gums are swollen. Take the medicine I prescribe and come back in three days.
      还是等等吧。牙床肿了。吃我给你开的药，三天以后再来。

1. 非常严重的;骇人的;糟糕的
    A terrible experience or situation is very serious or very unpleasant.

    e.g. Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster...
           还有成千上万的人在那场全世界最严重的工业灾难中受了重伤。
    e.g. I often have the most terrible nightmares...
           我常做很吓人的噩梦。

2. (感觉或看起来)病得很重的，心情很糟的
    If you feel terrible, you feel extremely ill or unhappy. If you tell someone that they look terrible, you mean that they look as if they are extremely ill or unhappy.

    e.g. He did feel terrible at the time but seems to be fine now...
           他当时确实很难受，但现在似乎好了。
    e.g. Are you all right? You look terrible. Are you sick?
           你没事儿吧？你的脸色很难看，生病了吗？

3. 质量极差的;很糟糕的
    If something is terrible, it is very bad or of very poor quality.

    e.g. She admits her French is terrible.
           她承认自己的法语很蹩脚。

4. (用来加强语气)十足的，极度的，不折不扣的
    You use terrible to emphasize the great extent or degree of something.

    e.g. I was a terrible fool, you know. I remember that now...
           你知道，我那时愚蠢至极。我至今还记得。
    e.g. Her death is a terrible waste.
           她死得太不值了。