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appal

/uh-pawl/US // əˈpɔl //UK // (əˈpɔːl) //

讶异,讶然,讶异于,讶异的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ap·palled, ap·pal·ling.Chiefly British.

    • : appall.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inappall

Examples

  • The film follows Frank, who is initially appalled by the idea of living with a robot, as he gradually begins to see the robot as both functionally useful and socially companionable.

  • Unbound by the restrictions of the doctrine, Limbaugh saw his program as entertainment first, an approach that would have appalled Smoot and Manion.

  • One woman said she was appalled that someone she’d been out with a few times said he had eaten inside an Olive Garden.

  • Crowl’s mother, Teresa Rowe, said she was appalled to see pictures of him in the Capitol.

  • I’m sort of appalled by the notion that one would make such a claim.

  • The same article on the hoof is all held by a ring of speculators at figures which appal the man of moderate means.

  • Sometimes the grossness and impurity, the ignorance and downright wickedness of the underworld appal and frighten me.

  • The danger began to appal him; he wanted to go back, and to justify the retreat he tried to call out, "No Coon here!"

  • The scene, however, was still terrific, and sufficient to appal the stoutest heart.

  • Fear not, even if the majesty of the divinity should at first appal you; do not tremble, though its glory should dazzle you.