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shocking

adjective
 
🔊/ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
🔊/ˈʃɑːkɪŋ/
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  1.  
    that offends or upsets people; that is morally wrong令人气愤的；惹人憎恶的；不道德的
    • shocking behaviour骇人听闻的行为
    • shocking news令人震惊的消息
    • It is shocking that they involved children in the crime.令人发指的是，他们教唆儿童参与犯罪活动。🔊🔊
    • a shocking waste of money令人咋舌的挥霍行为
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    • a deeply shocking and painful discovery骇人听闻、令人揪心的发现
    • Today we reveal the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young.今天我们披露年轻人服用海洛因成瘾这一骇人的真实情况。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • sound
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • to
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  2. (informal, especially British English) very bad非常糟糕的
    • The house was left in a shocking state.那座房子破败得不成样子了。🔊🔊