appal
verb🔊/əˈpɔːl/
🔊/əˈpɔːl/
(British English) (North American English appall)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they appal | 🔊/əˈpɔːl/ 🔊/əˈpɔːl/ |
| (North American English) present simple I / you / we / they appall | 🔊/əˈpɔːl/ 🔊/əˈpɔːl/ |
| he / she / it appals | 🔊/əˈpɔːlz/ 🔊/əˈpɔːlz/ |
| (North American English) he / she / it appalls | 🔊/əˈpɔːlz/ 🔊/əˈpɔːlz/ |
| past simple appalled | 🔊/əˈpɔːld/ 🔊/əˈpɔːld/ |
| past participle appalled | 🔊/əˈpɔːld/ 🔊/əˈpɔːld/ |
| -ing form appalling | 🔊/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ |
to make somebody feel extremely shocked and feel very strongly that something is bad 使大为震惊；使惊骇 - appal somebody
The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。 🔊🔊 The idea of sharing a room appalled her. 合住一个房间的想法吓着了她。 🔊🔊 The thought of having to do it all again appals me. 再次不得不做的想法使我感到高兴。 - it appals somebody that…/to do something
It appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem. 他们竟然对这个问题置之不理，令我非常诧异。 🔊🔊
More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbsWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French apalir ‘grow pale’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + palir ‘to pale’. The original sense was ‘grow pale’, later ‘make pale’, hence ‘horrify’ (late Middle English).- appal somebody