appalling是什么意思？

appalling

英[əˈpɔ:lɪŋ]

• adj. 骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的；

副词：appallingly;

例句

• That was an appalling waste. 那是极其严重的浪费。
• It is appalling that child was murdered. 那个孩子被害了, 令人震惊。
• I propose to draw a veil over the appalling events that followed. 我建议不要谈及后来发生的那些骇人听闻的事.
• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作.
• Human - rights groups have accused them of carrying out appalling atrocities. 人权组织曾一度指责他们做出了那些骇人听闻的暴虐行为.
• Sanitary conditions are appalling. 卫生条件之差令人震惊。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour. 这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕.
• And perhaps even deadlier is appalling lack of water - related education. 更致命的原因,也许是水域安全相关教育的明显缺乏.
• The battlefield was a scene of appalling bloodshed. 战场上一片恐怖的屠杀景象.
• Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners. 直升机在恶劣的天气条件下起飞前去援救遇难的船员。

同义词解析

• 以下这些形容词均包含 "害怕的，怕的" 的意思
  afraid ：指由于胆小或怯懦而不敢说或做某事。
  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。
  awful ：指威严得令人害怕或敬畏，有一定的感情色彩。
  dreadful ：指使人非常恐惧，毛骨悚然，也使人感到讨厌而退缩。
  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。
  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。
  terrific ：多指外表、形状或力量等的可怕。
  appalling ：指既令害怕又使人惊异、胆寒。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  令人震惊的；使人惊骇的；极为恶劣的
  Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
  例句
  They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months. 他们已经在恶劣不堪的条件下生活两个月了。
• ADJ-GRADED
  非常的;极其严重的
  You can use appalling to emphasize that something is very great or severe.
  例句
  I developed an appalling headache. 我头痛欲裂。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  骇人听闻的
  It is appalling that child was murdered. 那个孩子被害了, 令人震惊。
  极糟的, 很严重的
  That was an appalling waste. 那是极其严重的浪费。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an experience that appalls;
  "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
• Adjective
  1. causing consternation;
  "appalling conditions"