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单词 appal
释义
appal
verb[T]
UK(USappall)
uk
/əˈpɔːl/us
/əˈpɑːl/
-ll-
to make someone havestrongfeelingsofshockor ofdisapproval:
使惊骇；使震惊
I was appalledat/bythelackofstaffin thehospital.医院里人手之少令我震惊。
Thestateof thekitchenappalled her.厨房的脏乱让她目瞪口呆。
Synonyms
horrify
scandalize
More examples
  • Hewitnessedsome appallingactsofbarbarismduring thewar.
  • Conditions in theprisonare said to be appalling.
  • Yourtablemannersare appalling - don't youknowhow to use aknifeandfork?
  • After her appallingbehaviour, we had nooptionbut todismissher.
  • Thestandardofcleanlinessin some of theserestaurantsisfranklyappalling.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people sad, shocked and upset
  • aback
  • amiss
  • be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
  • bite
  • bother
  • haunt
  • heartbreaker
  • heartbreakingly
  • hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
  • horrify
  • mess
  • nerve
  • sensitivity
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
  • shattering
  • shocker
  • tear
  • toxic
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appalled
(Definition ofappalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofappal

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Plantations and mines were generally in remote regions, and the living conditions were often appalling.
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They extricate themselves from appalling conditions and bravely confront their villainous oppressors, while through coincidental circumstances they are elevated to a higher social position.
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But such a proposal is unsettling, if not appalling.
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In others, he/she simply lacks the linguistic sensitivity to realise that such-and-such an idiom sounds appalling when translated literally.
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It is precisely because they are moral beings that we are appalled by what they can do.
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Although constrained ideologically and often written in appalling personal circumstances, plenty of these have stood the test of the last forty years.
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Towers is appalled at the very notion of being rejected in favor of someone whom he deems as less than a man.
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He had no faith in the ability of mankind to deal with such a situation and was appalled at the prospect of misuse.
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The working classes who were not poor enough for the workhouse were housed in appalling conditions provided almost entirely by private landlords.
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He could see tumors and hemorrhages, strokes, and he was appalled by the fact that the radiologists didn't respond that well.
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In fact, they would be appalled at any suggestion of the cathartic or therapeutic purpose of rituals.
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And who is not appalled at the thought of somebody selling her own kidney to the highest bidder?
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But he is realistic enough to know that the enterprise is fraught with appalling difficulty.
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His treatment of supra-national state institutions is appalling.
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Most were appalled and revolted by such a prospect.
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