| 词汇 | appall |
| 释义 | appall verb[ T ] US(UKappal)us/əˈpɑːl/uk /əˈpɔːl/ to make someone have strong feelings of shock or of disapproval: I was appalled at/by the lack of staff in the hospital. The state of the kitchen appalled her. Synonyms horrify scandalize He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war. Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling. Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork? After her appalling behavior, we had no option but to dismiss her. The standard of cleanliness in some of these restaurants is frankly appalling. Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum gnaw haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom nerve self-lacerating self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom toxic wipe Related wordappalled appall | American Dictionaryappall verb[ T ] us/əˈpɔl/ to cause someone to be extremely upset or shocked: I was appalled by the condition of our facilities, especially the dirty locker room. appallingadjectiveus/əˈpɔ·lɪŋ/ I was dismayed by the President's appalling economic record. Examples of appallappall Emissaries of death, some come boldly to appall us; others flaunt their lost lives only to lament. Such cases, where not only the opinions of the experts but also their definitions, observations, and experimental data were flatly contradictory, were frequent enough to appall the courts. Is that not quite appall- ing, and will he kindly ask the local postmaster here, who will confirm that fact? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some aspects of zoological gardens always appall me because they are put there expressly for the entertainment of the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Churchmen were appalled by the ruthlessness and cruelty. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was appalled at the methods of punishment including chaining, which involved hand cuffing inmates and hanging them by the wrists slightly above the ground. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is appalled by what they do, but admits her feelings for them have become powerful and as such apparently forgets her distaste. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. European settlers were appalled at the leniency of the offer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is appalled at the way the majors act while men are dying in the battlefield. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Amara was appalled to see the police side with the driver at the scene of the incident. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The students were appalled as they had already decided to be more restrained that year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was appalled by the conditions, yet moved toward reform. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Purists said they were appalled at what they see as the vulgarisation of a 66-year-old national institution. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Snowdon was appalled by the design of the vertical chambers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Serafina reluctantly does so, but is appalled by their talk of men and reprimands them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of appall These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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