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appal

英 [əˈpɔːl]

美 [əˈpɔːl]

v.  使大为震惊; 使惊骇

过去式:appalled 过去分词:appalled 第三人称单数:appals 现在分词:appalling 

考研

Collins.3 / BNC.19412 / COCA.11526

牛津词典

    verb

    • 使大为震惊;使惊骇
      to shock sb very much
      1. The brutality of the crime has appalled the public.
        罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
      2. The idea of sharing a room appalled her.
        合住一个房间的想法使她惊骇。
      3. It appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem.
        他们竟然对问题置之不理,令我非常诧异。

    柯林斯词典

      in AM, use 美国英语用 appall

    • VERB 使厌恶;使惊骇
      If somethingappalsyou, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
      1. His ignorance appals me...
        他的无知让我震惊。
      2. My wife now looks like her mother, which appals me.
        我老婆现在看着就跟丈母娘似的,可吓人了。

    英英释义

    verb

    双语例句

    • My wife now looks like her mother, which appals me.
      我老婆现在看着就跟丈母娘似的,可吓人了。
    • The new film will ambush the unwary, appal the squeamish and get unwanted attention from the prurient.
      这部新片将出其不意地震撼粗心的观众,令胆小的观众感到惊骇,并得到好色之徒讨厌的关注。
    • His ignorance appals me
      他的无知让我震惊。
    • THE scene is enough to appal those teachers steeped in ideas about child-centred education and learning through play.
      这个场景一定会让那些习惯了以孩子为中心的教育,让他们在游戏学习的教师大吃一惊。
    • I dread sleeping: my dreams appal me.
      我怕睡觉:我的那些梦让我害怕。
    • They is appal at the news. His terror was so great that he could do nothing.
      他们被这消息吓坏了。他吓坏了,简直不知所措。