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appallingly

/uh-paw-ling/US // əˈpɔ lɪŋ //UK // (əˈpɔːlɪŋ) //

令人震惊的是,令人吃惊的是,令人惊奇的是,令人震惊地

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.

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Examples

  • We as a country have been talking about this testing problem for months, and it’s appalling we still haven’t done what’s needed.

  • One is the appalling civil war and events that have taken place.

  • His course managed to be both dreadfully dull and appallingly difficult, with few light moments.

  • The government should be asking the relatives of Alan Turing to pardon them for treating him so appallingly!

  • However, cases involving violence against women have a traditionally—and appallingly—low rate of conviction in India.

  • Old-model icons are not necessarily good; they can behave appallingly, extremely, and they are cherished for doing so.

  • They often work amid these risks for an appallingly low salary.

  • Life is so remote, so appallingly far away—it has abandoned me in this desert of silence.

  • The men waited, and when they had begun to relax the cry burst out appallingly close, right behind the trees.

  • Kansas would encourage individuality more, be less appallingly machine-like.

  • No other man was showing above ground, and as he ran he felt most horribly lonely and appallingly exposed.

  • This feverish way of living consumes people, and I find the members of the French Cabinet appallingly aged.