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v.使…惊骇³³;使…吓坏³⁴;削弱;失败³³三单appals现在分词appalling过去式appalled
v.动词
vt. 使大为震惊; 使惊骇shock sb very much; fill with fear, hatred, terror etc.
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
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。 前缀ap-同ad-, 在p字母开头的词根前同化为ap-. 词根pal, 苍白的，见pale.GRE难词记忆appal→ap+pal=pale 苍白→to turn pale→脸色变苍白→使惊骇 appal=pale苍白→to turn pale→脸色变苍白⇒使惊骇词根记忆ap+pal白色=脸变白=受惊近义词 shock震惊alarm警报revolt叛乱dismay沮丧sicken患病offend冒犯outrage暴行disgust厌恶upset心烦的distress不幸horrify使恐惧appall使 … 胆寒scandalize令人愤慨scandalise使某人愤慨…
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.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。S+～+ n./pron. +to- vIt appalled me to see such sloppy work.看到这么草率马虎的产品,真叫我厌恶。
We are appalled to see the misery around us.我们看到周围一片凄惨的景象,不觉大为愕然。
用作双宾动动词
S+～+ pron./n. +that-clauseIt appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem他们竟然把问题置之不理,令我非常诧异。
It appalled them that no preparations had been made.使他们吃惊的是,准备工作一点都没有。
We are appalled that such conditions could exist among us.我们中间居然存在如此恶劣的生活状况,真令人不胜惊愕。
v.动词
appal的基本意思是“使大为震惊; 使惊骇”,是及物动词,暗示因极大的恐惧或怪异而吓倒。 appal在美式英语中也可以写作appall。
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We wereappalledwhen we heard that the chairman had been murdered.听说主席被谋杀，我们都吓坏了。
The prospect of another warappalledus.想到有可能发生另一场战争，我们不寒而栗。as in.appall
同义词 alarm,amaze,astound,awe,daunt,disconcert,dishearten,dismay,faze,frighten,intimidate,outrage,petrify,terrify,unnerveconsternate,insult,scare,shake,shock,throwget to,gross out
反义词 assist,assure,calm,comfort,delight,encourage,gladden,hearten,help,inspirit,make happy,please,sootheemboldenreasurreas in.appall/appal
同义词 alarm,amaze,astound,awe,consternate,daunt,disconcert,dishearten,dismay,faze,frighten,get to,gross out,insult,intimidate,outrage,petrify,scare,shake,shock,terrify,throw,unnerve
反义词 comfort,encourage,reassure,satisfy
appallverb horrify
alarm,amaze,astound,awe,consternate,daunt,disconcert,dishearten,dismay,faze,frighten,get to,gross out,insult,intimidate,outrage,petrify,scare,shake,shock,terrify,throw,unnerve
appallsverb horrify
alarms,amazes,astounds,awes,consternates,daunts,disconcerts,disheartens,dismays,fazes,frightens,gets to,gross out,insults,intimidates,outrages,petrifies,scares,shakes,shocks,terrifies,throws,unnerves It is not surprising that this incident retains its power to appal: the grainy CCTV image that captured the small boy being led away by a bigger one has become an icon of depravity.
这个案件依然令人惊骇十足并不出人意料。监控闭路电视显示一个小男孩被一个年龄稍大一点的男孩带走已经成为这个恶行的铁证。 ecocn
This would delight the red shirts. But it would appal Bangkok’s elite and split the army.
红衫军将因此兴高采烈，但曼谷的精英阶层会感到疑惧，军方也会分裂。 ecocn
But if the Chinese disdain the cheeses enjoyed by Europeans, they themselves adore some stinky foods that would appal many foreigners.
虽然中国人厌恶欧洲人喜欢的奶酪，但他们自己却推崇一些臭到让外国人感到惊骇的食物。 yeeyan
I dread sleeping: my dreams appal me.
我怕睡觉：我的那些梦让我害怕。 putclub.com
THE scene is enough to appal those teachers steeped in ideas about child-centred education and learning through play.
这个场景足以让那些整日浸淫于“教育要以孩子为中心”和“寓教于乐”等思想的教师们感到震惊。 ecocn
To survive, the currency may come to acquire a level of fiscal-policy co-ordination that will appal the British.
为了存活，欧元或许得到一定程度上的财政合作，这一点会吸引英国。 ecocn |