appall

詳盡釋義

<美>使驚恐，使（...）驚駭，使（...）膽寒，使吃驚，使充滿恐懼，使驚愕，使喪膽，，使震驚，嚇壞，驚嚇

詞組搭配

appall l使驚駭

雙語例句

1.The prospect of another war appalled us.

漢想到有可能發生另一場戰爭，我們不寒而栗。

2.The number of people killed on the roads appalled me.

漢在路上斃命的人數之多使我膽寒。

3.We were appalled when we heard that the chairman had been murdered.

漢聽說主席被謀殺，我們都嚇壞了。

4.We were appalled by the news of the war.

漢聽到戰爭的消息我們大為震驚。

5.The newspaper reports of starving children appalled me.

漢報紙對饑餓兒童的報道使我大為震驚。

英英釋義

1. strike with disgust or revulsion;

"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

2. 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"