appal
appal
(美 appall)
(appalled, appalling)
(美 appall)
(appalled, appalling)
- [with obj.](一般作 be appalled)greatly dismay or horrify
使惊骇，使恐惧
bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers.
银行家因一些部长在经济问题上的无能而感到震惊。
[as adj. appalled]Alison looked at me, appalled.
阿莉森惊恐万状地望着我。
- Middle 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 )
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