appall
音标[ә'pɒ:l]
汉语翻译
vt. 使丧胆, 使惊骇
词型变化
动词过去式:appalled 过去分词:appalled 现在分词:appalling 第三人称单数:appalls
英语解释
动词 appall:
- strike with disgust or revulsion同义词：shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, outrage
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised同义词：dismay, alarm, appal, horrify
例句
- The sight appalled me.那景象使我心惊胆战。
- The newspaper reports of starving children appalled me.报纸对饥饿儿童的报道使我大为震惊。
- We were appalled when we heard that the chairman had been murdered.听说主席被谋杀，我们都吓坏了。
- The prospect of another war appalled us.想到有可能发生另一场战争，我们不寒而栗。
详细解释
ap.pall
v.tr.（及物动词）ap.palled,ap.pall.ing,ap.palls To fill with consternation or dismay.See Synonyms at dismay 使惊恐，使惊骇参见 dismay
来源：Middle English apallen [to grow faint] 中古英语 apallen [变昏厥] from Old French apalir 源自 古法语 apalir a- [to] from Latin ad- * see ad- a- [去] 源自 拉丁语 ad- *参见 ad-palir [to grow pale] from pale [pale] from Latin pallidus from pallôre [to grow pale] * see pel- palir [变苍白] 源自 pale [苍白] 源自 拉丁语 pallidus 源自 pallôre [变苍白] *参见 pel-
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