appall

英英釋義

Verb:

strike with disgust or revulsion;"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;"I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview""The news of the executions horrified us"

用作動詞 (v.)

The prospect of another war appalled us.想到有可能發生另一場戰爭，我們不寒而慄。
The number of people killed on the roads appalled me.在路上斃命的人數之多使我膽寒。
We were appalledwhen we heard that the chairman had been murdered.聽說主席被謀殺，我們都嚇壞了。
We were appalled by the news of the war.聽到戰爭的訊息我們大為震驚。
The newspaper reports of starving children appalled me.報紙對飢餓兒童的報導使我大為震驚。

I used practically a whole bottle of red dye in the frosting, which in earlier days would appall me.

我幾乎用了一整瓶的紅色染料來做糖霜，這在早些時候會讓我感到害怕。

Gandhi's Nonconformist ways tend to appall and alienate secular-minded observers.

甘地不隨主流的方法往往會嚇跑和疏遠那些有著世俗思想的旁觀者。

I can do something for 12 hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

有些事情我只能堅持做十二個小時——要是讓我堅持一輩子，我會恐懼不已。

I can do something for 12 hours that would 1 appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

有些事情我只能堅持做十二個小時——要是讓我堅持一輩子，我會恐懼不已。