appall

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ə'pɔ:l]
• 美式音标 [əˈpɔl]
• 国际音标 [ə'pɔ:l]
• 英式发音
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基本解释

• v.使 ... 胆寒；使 ... 惊骇

词根记忆

• ap + pall(看作poll，投票)→投票的结果使人大吃一惊→使大吃一惊

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  appalling：可怕的；令人震惊的。

  appalled：惊骇的；丧胆的。

• adv性质的同根词

  appallingly：令人毛骨悚然地；骇人听闻地。

• v性质的同根词

  appalling：使惊愕；惊吓（appal的ing形式）。

• vi性质的同根词

  appal：减弱；变得苍白；令人发腻。

• vt性质的同根词

  appal：使惊骇；惊吓。

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英汉例句

双语例句

• Defending murderers and thieves would appall them.
  为杀人犯和小偷辩护会使他们吓得魂不附体。
• Gandhi’s nonconformist ways tend to appall and alienate secular-minded observers.
  甘地不随主流的方法往往会吓跑和疏远那些有着世俗思想的旁观者。
• I used practically a whole bottle of red dye in the frosting, which in earlier days would appall me.
  我在做糖霜时用了整整一瓶红色的染料，这在以前会把我自己吓死。

权威例句

• He is charming and unpretentious, though he has a penchant for moony gyrations and emotive expressions that tend to appall his critics.
  NEWYORKER: The Olympian
• Seismologists across the globe expressed appall at a verdict that didn't account for the fact that earthquakes cannot be predicted with any level of accuracy.
  MSN: 10 top scientists whose work made a big difference in 2012

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词组短语

短语

• appall l 使惊骇
• ඃ appall 使胆寒

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专业释义

经济学

• 使惊骇