Appal
[ə'pɔːl] or [ə'pɔl]
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Affright, alarm, terrify, scare, daunt, cow, shock, frighten, discouraged,dishearten, horrify, dismay, astound
ANT:Encourage, rally, assure, embolden, reassure
校对:佩里
解释:
v.i. (Spens.) to wax faint fail decay.—v.t. and v.i. (obs.) to dim weaken: to terrify dismay:—pr.p. appal′ling; pa.p. appalled′.—p.adj. Appal′ling shocking.—adv. Appal′lingly.
丹尼尔编辑
例句:
- He pushed open a half-closed door, and we both stood appalled at the sight before us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The first four days of his endurance were days so long and heavy, that he began to be appalled by the prospect before him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Master Charles Bates, appalled by Sikes's crime, fell into a train of reflection whether an honest life was not, after all, the best. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Although he did not look very healthy,--having pimples on his face, and a breaking out at his mouth,--these dreadful preparations quite appalled me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- When he received this appointment he was both elated and appalled. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Those worthy men were appalled by the length and hardship of the journey before them, and found an early excuse for abandoning the expedition. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The lady abbess no sooner heard this appalling cry, than she retreated to her own bedroom, double-locked the door, and fainted away comfortably. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- What an appalling beau-costume he wears! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The death-rate was appalling and the labor conditions terrible. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
海因里希录入