appal是什么意思？

appal

英[əˈpɔ:l] 美[əˈpɔl]

• vt. 使惊骇，使充满恐惧，惊吓；
• vi. 减弱，变得苍白；

第三人称单数：appals;

过去式：appalled;

过去分词：appalled;

现在分词：appalling;

例句

• This " Hamlet " will appal some for being so resolutely unclassical. 新版《哈姆雷特 》 如此违背经典,确实惊世骇俗.
• I was appal ( l ) ed at the news. 我被这消息吓坏了.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使厌恶；使惊骇
  If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
  例句
  His ignorance appals me... 他的无知让我震惊。 My wife now looks like her mother, which appals me. 我老婆现在看着就跟丈母娘似的，可吓人了。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使惊骇; 使充满恐惧
  They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 The enemy was appalled at our attack. 敌人被我们的进攻吓得魂飞丧胆。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  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"