Word · Frequency #12646
appalls
使震惊；使惊骇；使恐惧
appalls is the third person singular of appall.
to fill with horror or indignation; to dismay
- 1.
To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
使充满恐惧或愤怒；使惊愕。
使充满恐惧或愤怒；使惊愕。；使丧胆；使惊骇
In use
The thought of such cruelty appalls me.
I was appalled by the news of the accident.
It is appalling to see such poverty.
be appalled at/by sth
常用于表达对某事感到震惊或厌恶。
I was appalled by the lack of concern for safety.
我对缺乏安全关注感到惊骇。
be appalled to do sth
表示因做某事或得知某事而感到震惊。
They were appalled to discover the truth.
他们发现真相后大为惊骇。
Verb forms
base appall · third person appalls · -ing appalling · past appalled · past participle appalled
appall 是及物动词，常用被动语态。
Common mistakes
I was appalling at the news.I was appalled at the news.
在“be appalled at”结构中，表示“感到惊骇”应用过去分词appalled，而非现在分词appalling。appalling是形容词，意为“令人惊骇的”，用于描述事物本身。
She was appalled with the result.She was appalled at the result.
appalled后面通常接介词at或by，表示“对…感到惊骇”，而with不用于此搭配。at强调引起情绪的对象，by则更强调原因。
Connections
Collocations
- be appalled by
- 对…感到惊骇；被…吓坏
- The whole community was appalled by the brutal crime.整个社区都被这起残暴的罪行吓坏了。
- appalled to learn
- 得知…感到震惊
- We were appalled to learn that the river was heavily polluted.我们得知河水污染严重，感到十分震惊。
- appalled at the sight
- 看到…（的景象）感到惊骇
- Rescue workers were appalled at the sight of the devastated village.救援人员看到村庄被摧毁的景象，感到惊骇。
- appalling conditions
- 骇人的环境；恶劣的状况
- The prisoners were kept in appalling conditions.囚犯被关在骇人的环境中。
- appalled expression
- 惊骇的表情
- Her appalled expression showed how shocked she was.她惊骇的表情表明她有多震惊。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆法：appall 听起来像 'a pall'（盖棺材的黑布），想到它就有惊骇恐惧之感。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式演讲、严肃新闻报道、书面评论 appall 比较正式，多用于书面语或正式场合，表示令人震惊、恐惧或愤慨。口语中通常更常说 shock 或 horrify。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 appall 的重读音节 /-pɒːl/ 押韵，拼写也都以 -all 结尾。注意 apple /ˈæp.əl/ 和 applaud /əˈplɔːd/ 虽然拼写以 app 开头，但发音不同，不是同韵词。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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