appalling

adj. 可怕的;令人震惊的
v. 使惊愕;惊吓(appal的ing形式)
adj.
骇人听闻的,令人震惊的;可怕的;
英英释义
appalling[ ə'pɔ:liŋ ]
n.an experience that appalls
"is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
adj.causing consternation
"appalling conditions"
同义词:dismaying
同近义词辨析
appalling, afraid, frightful, terrible, terrific, fearful, horrible, dreadful, awful这组词都有“害怕的、可怕的”的意思,其区别是:
appalling指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。
afraid指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
frightful指使人陷入短暂的惊恐或产生毛骨悚然的感觉。
terrible侧重指给人以长久的惊骇,极端的恐怖,令人难以忍受。
terrific多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
fearful普通用词,既指外界情况变化而引起的恐惧,又指来自内心的害怕与焦虑。
horrible指因骇人听闻的丑恶而令人毛骨悚然,着重厌恶的成分多于害怕。
dreadful指使人非常恐惧,毛骨悚然,也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
awful指威严得令人害怕或敬畏,有一定的感情色彩。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
Appalling poverty of this remote region is a reproach to the well-fed politicians in the capital.
这个地区令人震惊的贫困正是在首都养尊处优的政客们的耻辱。
That it fell to Jaina to kill Jacen was all the more appalling, but Jaina did her duty as a Jedi Knight.
更令人震惊的是杰娜受命去杀死杰森,好在她最终完成了作为绝地武士的使命。
We see objectively the appalling mess the world is in.
我们客观地看到世界处于可怕的一团糟。
The car tempts people further out and then gives them the appalling problem of getting back.
小汽车引诱着人们出远门,却又给人们造成可怕的返回问题。
权威例句
The appalling Poling saga.The UK's appalling failure to tackle HIV
The UK's appalling failure to tackle HIV
The UK's appalling failure to tackle HIV.
Ultrasound knowledge appalling
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Virginia Woolf's "The Waves": To Defer that "appalling moment"
The Appalling Appeal of Nature: The Popular Influence of Evolutionary Psychology as a Problenn for Sociology
An Appalling Reminiscence:Family Ma's Pretty Mansion in Yangzhou and the Literary Group of Guangling Existing in the Eras of Yongzhe...
Reading, Writing, and the Hickory Stick, The Appalling Story of Physical and Psychological Abuse in American Schools
appalling (adj.)
1620s, present participle adjective from appall. Colloquial weakened sense of "distasteful" is attested from 1919.
1. The aggressors committed appalling atrocities.
侵略者犯下了骇人听闻的暴行。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. Mary is an appalling cook.
玛丽的烹饪功夫实在蹩脚。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. The thought was appalling.
这个想法真可怕。
-- 来源 -- 飘(部分) - piao29
4. appalling sight
骇人听闻的景象
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
5. appalling food
非常糟糕的食品
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
6. His ignorance is appalling.
他愚蠢到极点。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
7. How dreadful/appalling!
太可怕了/令人震惊了!
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
8. an appalling death rate
令人吃惊的死亡率。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
9. Appalling working conditions;appalling violence.
可怕的工作条件;骇人的暴行
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
10. His handwriting is appalling.
他的笔迹很糟((他所写的字太不像话))。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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