Appall
[ə'pɔl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) To make pale; to blanch.
(a.) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
(a.) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
(v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
(v. i.) To lose flavor or become stale.
(n.) Terror; dismay.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Terrify, frighten, affright, dismay, daunt, scare, intimidate, shock, put in great fear, strike with terror, petrify with fear.
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例句/造句/用法:
- There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- 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. 維萊特.
- He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- What an appalling beau-costume he wears! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He pushed open a half-closed door, and we both stood appalled at the sight before us. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The first four days of his endurance were days so long and heavy, that he began to be appalled by the prospect before him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Master Charles Bates, appalled by Sikes's crime, fell into a train of reflection whether an honest life was not, after all, the best. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- When he received this appointment he was both elated and appalled. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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