参考词典中appall的常规释义:
基本释义
- vt. 使胆寒,使惊骇
词形变化
- 时 态:ap·palled, ap·pall·ing, ap·palls
参考例句
- I've never seen such appalling behaviour.
我从来没见过这么恶劣的行为. - I find much modern architecture quite appalling.
我觉得很多现代建筑十分糟糕. - Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.
这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕. - Rescue workers were appalled at what they saw.
援救人员给眼前所见的情形惊呆了 - His pupils always groaned at his appalling jokes.
他的学生对他骇人听闻的笑话总是报以一阵哼哼声。
- I've never seen such appalling behaviour.
英英解释
2个动词解释
- strike with disgust or revulsion
[同] appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock
[例]- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
[同] dismay, horrify, alarm, appal, appall
[例]- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
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