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    appal

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ap·pal British English, appall American English /əˈpɔːl $ əˈpɒːl/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  SHOCKto make someone feel very shocked and upset 使惊骇；使震惊 SYN horrify The way we kill animals appals a lot of people. 我们屠杀动物的方式令许多人震惊。 The decision to execute the two men has appalled many politicians. 处死那两名男子的判决令许多从政者震惊。→ See Verb table
    ap·pal verbChineseSyllable
    shocked feel to Corpus make upset someone and very


    appal
    ap‧pal British English, appall American English /əˈpɔːl $ əˈpɒːl/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Old French
     Origin: apalir, from palir 'to turn pale'
    to make someone feel very shocked and upset
       SYN  horrify:
        The way we kill animals appals a lot of people.
        The decision to execute the two men has appalled many politicians.


    appal (BrE) (NAmE ap·pall) BrE /əˈpɔːl/ 🔊NAmE /əˈpɔːl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they appal BrE /əˈpɔːl/ 🔊present simple - I / you / we / they (NAmE) appall NAmE /əˈpɔːl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it appals BrE /əˈpɔːlz/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈpɔːlz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it (NAmE) appalls NAmE /əˈpɔːlz/ 🔊past simple appalled BrE /əˈpɔːld/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈpɔːld/ 🔊past participle appalled BrE /əˈpɔːld/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈpɔːld/ 🔊 -ing form appalling BrE /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ 🔊to shock sb very much 使大为震惊；使惊骇 SYN horrify ◆~ sb The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。🔊🔊◆The idea of sharing a room appalled her. 合住一个房间的想法吓着了她。🔊🔊◆it appals sb that…/to do sth It appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem. 他们竟然对这个问题置之不理，令我非常诧异。🔊🔊

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