音标:[ә'pɒ:liŋ] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 骇人的, 令人震惊的
n. an experience that appalls
s. causing consternation
词型变化:名词复数形式 : appallings
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appalling的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。

词汇搭配

  • appall使 ... 胆寒
  • appal使 ... 惊骇
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