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

• 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。
• Some Italians are amused by the Berlusconi follies, others are appalled.
  贝卢斯科尼的愚蠢举动逗乐了一些意大利人，也让另一些意大利人震惊不已。
• It hardly moved my compassion& it appalled me: still, I felt reluctant to quit him so.
  这很难引起我的同情&这使我胆战心惊；但我还是不愿就这么离开他。
• She's made it obvious that she's appalled by me
  她坦言被我吓着了。
• They were appalled at the report of the famine.
  有关饥荒的报道把他们吓坏了。
• I was appalled by the loutish behaviour.
  这种粗野行为令我大为震惊。
• Italian manhood was appalled.
  意大利男人吓坏了。
• The newspaper reports of starving children appalled me.
  报纸对饥饿儿童的报道使我大为震惊。
• 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。
• The tutor, appalled by the indiscretion, reported him to GCHQ, and he was sacked.
  导师对此种轻率行为大吃一惊，向英国通信总部检举了他，于是他被开除了。