appalled

英 [əˈpɔːld]

美 [əˈpɔːld]

adj.  感到惊骇的; 表示憎恶的
v.  使大为震惊; 使惊骇
appal的过去分词和过去式; appall的过去分词和过去式

过去式：appalled　过去分词：appalled　

BNC.8691 / COCA.12734

牛津词典

adj.

• 感到惊骇的；表示憎恶的
  feeling or showing horror or disgust at sth unpleasant or wrong
  1. an appalled expression/silence
     惊恐的表情；吓得说不出话
  2. We watched appalled as the child ran in front of the car.
     小孩在汽车前面跑过，我们看得心惊胆战。
  3. They were appalled at the waste of recyclable material.
     他们憎恶有人浪费可回收材料。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 震惊的;惊恐的;感到厌恶的
  If you areappalledby something, you are shocked or disgusted because it is so bad or unpleasant.
  1. She said that the Americans are appalled at the statements made at the conference...
     她说美国人对会上所作的陈述感到震惊。
  2. We are all, of course, appalled that such items are still on sale in the shops.
     我们当然对这些物品竟然还在商店里出售表示震惊。

英英释义

adj

• struck with fear, dread, or consternation
  Synonym:aghast(p)dismayedshocked

双语例句

• The newspaper reports of starving children appalled me.
  报纸对饥饿儿童的报道使我大为震惊。
• The virulence of the caf é owner's anger had appalled her.
  咖啡店老板怒气冲天，充满敌意，把她吓坏了。
• When Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, he was appalled by the economic decay.
  当米哈伊。戈尔巴乔夫成为苏联的领导人时，他被经济的烂摊子震惊了。
• She's made it obvious that she's appalled by me
  她坦言被我吓着了。
• 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。
• I've been a little bit appalled by the levity with which some of our politicians discuss this issue.
  我们的一些政治家讨论此问题时的轻浮态度使我有点感到惊恐。
• She was appalled to hear that her husband had been arrested.
  我听到丈夫被捕的消息时吓呆了。
• The public were appalled when they heard the president had been murdered.
  听到总统被谋杀的消息公众惊骇万分。
• We were appalled when we heard she had been murdered.
  听到她被谋杀的消息我们惊骇万分。
• Would do something as despicable as murder; ugly crimes; the vile development of slavery appalled them.
  会做出像谋杀一样卑鄙的举动；可耻的罪行；奴隶制度的卑鄙发展惊呆了他们。