appal

常见例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• She hated the house—its very architecture appalled her.
  她很讨厌这幢房子——单单它的建筑式样就令她不胜厌恶。
• 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使她惊骇。
• The number of people killed on the roads appalled the police.
  公路上的死亡人数使警方大为震惊。
• The scale of the destruction appalled us.
  毁坏的程度让我们惊恐不已。
• The thought of having to do it all again appals me.
  一想到要从头再做一遍我就十分害怕。
• The thought of someone else driving my car appals me.
  想到我的车让别的人来开,真使我不寒而栗。
• We were appalled at the prospect to having to miss our holiday.
  我们为失去这一假日而感到大失所望。
• We were appalled when we heard that she had been murdered.
  听说她被谋杀了,我们都吓坏了。

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• It appalled me to see such sloppy work.
  看到这么草率马虎的产品,真叫我厌恶。
• We are appalled to see the misery around us.
  我们看到周围一片凄惨的景象,不觉大为愕然。

用作双宾动动词: S+～+ pron./n. +that-clause

• It appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem
  他们竟然把问题置之不理,令我非常诧异。
• It appalled them that no preparations had been made.
  使他们吃惊的是,准备工作一点都没有。
• We are appalled that such conditions could exist among us.
  我们中间居然存在如此恶劣的生活状况,真令人不胜惊愕。

更多例句

双语例句

• I was appal(l)ed at the news.
  我被这消息吓坏了。
• I dread sleeping: my dreams appal me.
  我怕睡觉：我的那些梦让我害怕。
• To survive, the currency may come to acquire a level of fiscal-policy co-ordination that will appal the British.
  为了存活，欧元或许得到一定程度上的财政合作，这一点会吸引英国。

权威例句

• Tourists and fraternity boys flood the French Quarter now, wearing clothes that appal the stylish locals.
  ECONOMIST: Mardi Gras
• To survive, the currency may come to acquire a level of fiscal-policy co-ordination that will appal the British.
  ECONOMIST: Britain and Europe: No laughing matter The
• But it would appal Bangkok's elite and split the army.
  ECONOMIST: Thailand's succession
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