appall
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ə'pɔ:l]
- 美式音标 [əˈpɔl]
- 国际音标 [ə'pɔ:l]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v.使 ... 膽寒；使 ... 驚駭
词根记忆
- ap + pall(看作poll，投票)→投票的結果使人大喫一驚→使大喫一驚
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- appalling：可怕的；令人震驚的。
- appalled：驚駭的；喪膽的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- appallingly：令人毛骨悚然地；駭人聽聞地。
- v性質的同根詞
- appalling：使驚愕；驚嚇（appal的ing形式）。
- vi性質的同根詞
- appal：減弱；變得蒼白；令人發膩。
- vt性質的同根詞
- appal：使驚駭；驚嚇。
英汉例句
- Defending murderers and thieves would appall them.
爲殺人犯和小媮辯護會使他們嚇得魂不附躰。 - Gandhi’s nonconformist ways tend to appall and alienate secular-minded observers.
甘地不隨主流的方法往往會嚇跑和疏遠那些有著世俗思想的旁觀者。 - I used practically a whole bottle of red dye in the frosting, which in earlier days would appall me.
我在做糖霜時用了整整一瓶紅色的染料，這在以前會把我自己嚇死。 - He is charming and unpretentious, though he has a penchant for moony gyrations and emotive expressions that tend to appall his critics.
NEWYORKER: The Olympian - Seismologists across the globe expressed appall at a verdict that didn't account for the fact that earthquakes cannot be predicted with any level of accuracy.
MSN: 10 top scientists whose work made a big difference in 2012
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權威例句
专业释义
- 使驚駭