appal

基本词汇

英 [əˈpɔ:l]

美 [əˈpɔl]

v.使 ... 惊骇；使 ... 吓坏；削弱；失败

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

日语：ぞっとする法语：épouvanter 德语：entsetzlich 韩语：애팔 俄语：espantar

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v.(动词)

verb

1. fill with apprehension or alarm
cause to be unpleasantly surprised

e.g. I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
The news of the executions horrified us

Synonym: dismayalarmappallhorrify

2. strike with disgust or revulsion

e.g. The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends

Synonym: shockoffendscandalizescandaliseappalloutrage

in AM, use 美国英语用 appall

1. 使厌恶；使惊骇
If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.

e.g. His ignorance appals me...
他的无知让我震惊。
e.g. 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。

1. appal的意思

1. 惊骇：App 应用 | appal 惊骇 | appall 使胆寒

2. appal在线翻译

2. 哦跑呕 (吓跑了) 惊吓：annoy 哦恼已(已经恼火) 惹恼 | appal 哦跑呕 (吓跑了) 惊吓 | appetite 挨屁太疼(中原方言:想得屁眼儿疼) 欲望

3. 使惊骇：apology 道歉 | appal 使惊骇 | apparatus 器械

4. 使惊骇,使恐怖：apotheosis 神化,典范 | appal 使惊骇,使恐怖 | apparel (精致的)衣服

用作动词(v.)

She hated the house—its very architecture appalled her.
她很讨厌这幢房子——单单它的建筑式样就令她不胜厌恶。
The brutality of the crime has appalled the public.
罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
The idea of sharing a room appalled her.
合住一个房间的想法使她惊骇。
The number of people killed on the roads appalled the police.
公路上的死亡人数使警方大为震惊。
The scale of the destruction appalled us.
毁坏的程度让我们惊恐不已。
The thought of having to do it all again appals me.
一想到要从头再做一遍我就十分害怕。
The thought of someone else driving my car appals me.
想到我的车让别的人来开,真使我不寒而栗。

We were appalled at the prospect to having to miss our holiday.
我们为失去这一假日而感到大失所望。
We were appalled when we heard that she had been murdered.
听说她被谋杀了,我们都吓坏了。

A bold one that dare look on that Which might appal the devil.
出自：Macbeth,Shakespeare
The waste of money appalled him, but he could not help being delighted by the dash and importance of it all.
出自：J. B. Priestley
I was utterly appalled that Otto could have laid hands upon his wife.
出自：I. Murdoch
I was so appalled at the broken buildings and so little worried by the broken bodies.
出自：S. Hill
Thoughts that awe but not appal.
出自：absol.

v.(动词)

v.(动词)

appal, daunt, dismay, horrify: 这组词的共同意思是“引起惊恐、忧郁或使丧失勇气”。其区别在于:dismay指因前景令人沮丧或对某事束手无策,而失去继续干某事的力量; appal指足以把人吓瘫的恐惧,也指遇到无法改变的、使人惊愕的事或物所表现出的无能为力; daunt强调试图干大胆的事,但被威胁或压制,因而停止或退却; 而horrify指见到令人毛骨悚然的东西时的一种恐惧和发抖的反应,也可指失去尊严所引起的暂时的厌恶感。