appal
verb (British English)(North American English appall)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they appal | |
| (North American English) present simple I / you / we / they appall | |
| he / she / it appals | |
| (North American English) he / she / it appalls | |
| past simple appalled | |
| past participle appalled | |
| -ing form appalling |
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. 一想到要再做一次，我就害怕。 - 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