appal
英 [?'p??l]
美 [?'p?l]
- vt. 使驚駭；驚嚇
- vi. 減弱；變得蒼白；令人發(fā)膩
助記提示
1、ap- "to" + pal- "be pale".
2、因?yàn)轶@駭、膽寒而嚇得蒼白。
3、appall <=> appal.
中文詞源
appal 震驚前綴ap-同ad-, 在p字母開(kāi)頭的詞根前同化為ap-. 詞根pal, 蒼白的，見(jiàn)pale.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I was appal ( l ) ed at the news.
- 我被這消息嚇壞了.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. This " Hamlet " will appal some for being so resolutely unclassical.
- 新版《哈姆雷特 》 如此違背經(jīng)典,確實(shí)驚世駭俗.
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- 3. The new film will ambush the unwary, appal the squeamish and get unwanted attention the prurient.
- 這部新片將出其不意地震撼粗心的觀眾, 令膽小的觀眾感到驚駭,并得到好色之徒討厭的關(guān)注.
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- 4. This would delight the red shirts. But it would appal Bangkok's elite and split the army.
- 紅衫軍將因此興高采烈, 但曼谷的精英階層會(huì)感到疑懼,軍方也會(huì)分裂.
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