appallingly是什么意思？

appallingly

英[ə'pɔ:lɪŋlɪ] 美[ə'pɔlɪŋlɪ]

• adv. 令人毛骨悚然地；

形容词：appalling;

例句

• Another damning statistic for South Africa is its appallingly high murder rate. 南非还有一项糟糕的统计,表明它还有着令人毛骨悚然的高谋杀率.
• He says that he understands why they behaved so appallingly. 他说他知道为什么他们的行为如此恶劣。
• The detection rate for racial crimes is appallingly low. 种族罪案的侦破率之低让人震惊。
• With appallingly bad grace I packed up and we drove north. 我很不情愿地收拾好行囊，然后我们驱车向北开去。

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。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. to an appalling extent;
  "the prisoners were appallingly thin"