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appall

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漢語翻譯


vt. 使喪膽, 使驚駭

詞型變化:

動詞過去式:appalled 過去分詞:appalled 現在分詞:appalling 第三人稱單數:appalls 

英文解釋:

動詞 appall:

  1. strike with disgust or revulsion
    同義詞:shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, outrage
  2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
    同義詞:dismay, alarm, appal, horrify

例句:

  1. The sight appalled me.
    那景象使我心驚膽戰。
  2. The newspaper reports of starving children appalled me.
    報紙對飢餓兒童的報導使我大為震驚
  3. We were appalled when we heard that the chairman had been murdered.
    聽說主席被謀殺,我們都嚇壞了。
  4. The prospect of another war appalled us.
    想到有可能發生另一場戰爭,我們不寒而慄。

詳細解釋:


ap.pall

v.tr.(及物動詞)
ap.palled,ap.pall.ing,ap.palls
To fill with consternation or dismay.See Synonyms at dismay
使驚恐,使驚駭參見 dismay

來源:
Middle English apallen [to grow faint]
中古英文 apallen [變昏厥]
from Old French apalir
源自 古法文 apalir
a- [to] from Latin ad- * see ad-
a- [去] 源自 拉丁語 ad- *參見 ad-
palir [to grow pale] from pale [pale] from Latin pallidus from pallôre [to grow pale] * see pel-
palir [變蒼白] 源自 pale [蒼白] 源自 拉丁語 pallidus 源自 pallôre [變蒼白] *參見 pel-

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