appalling
常考释义
1.令人震惊的;使人惊骇的;极为恶劣的shocking; extremely bad
The prisoners were living in appalling conditions.囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
2.(informal)糟糕的;很不像话的very bad
The bus service is appalling now.现在公共汽车服务很差。
Should the U. S. legal system confirm its charges, the entire Socialist Party would be deeply embarrassed by such an appalling scenario.
如果美国的法律制度确认其收费,整个社会党将深受这种骇人听闻的情况下尴尬。
Despite what might be considered appalling timing, given the state of the global economy, he had raised all he wanted by January this year.
尽管因为现在的经济形势,都认为现在不是时候,他在今年一月得到了他想要的。
It is an amazing spectacle to see prosperity beginning to spread in today's India even in the presence of appalling governance.
如今,印度在糟糕的统治下仍能繁荣发展,堪称奇迹。
It would be appalling, I'd go so far as to say disgusting, if this was doctored or entirely fabricated. My intentions are only good.
它将是可怕的,如果这有被篡改或完全捏造,我会有咁远走咁远去说恶心话,我是只有好的意图。
So it was a shock to hear Mr Zoellick describe as "appalling" the bank's behaviour over a bungled project to develop the coast of Albania.
因此当听到佐利克先生将该行通过一个拙劣的项目去开发阿尔巴尼亚海岸的行为描述成“骇人听闻”时,真是令人震惊。
Though tortured for a month in appalling conditions, the young man has no plans to flee his homeland.
尽管在可怕的环境下受尽折磨一个月,年轻人却没有想过要离开祖国。
But their efforts have proved that reform is possible, even in a city that has tended to blame poverty and racism for its appalling schools.
但他们的付出证明教育改革是有可行性的,即使是在一个往往将教育失败问题归咎于贫困问题和种族歧视的城市里。
The army's attempt to rid Bangladesh of its appalling leaders, or to shock them into better behaviour, has failed.
军队试图摆脱孟加拉国糟糕领导的尝试,或者希望引导其向良好行为发展的努力,已经失败了。
His sense of humor is intellectual and subtle, and is complicated by an appalling temper.
他的幽默感比较深刻,也比较细致,但又羼杂着一种大得可怕的脾气。
It's appalling to discover that the berets for one of our elite military units were to be manufactured abroad.
一个令人惊愕的发现是:我们精英级军事单位之一的贝雷帽却要在国外制作。
He took himself so seriously; it was something appalling.
他的态度那么严肃,有些使人望而生畏。
Because of course he would never call someone in the building by her first name; it was appalling to have suggested it at all.
因为他绝不可能对大楼里的人直呼其名,这样的提议对他来说简直不可思议。
"The City in the Sea" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's short poems, and is well reputed for its dreamy tone and appalling atmosphere.
《海中之城》是埃德加·艾伦·坡的短篇诗作之一,全诗以其梦幻的意境以及恐怖阴森的氛围而著称。
With his tardiness, careless and appalling good temper, we had nothing to do with him.
磨磨蹭蹭,马马虎虎,脾气又好得惊人我们都对他毫无办法。
The UNDP says the money was handed in by an Egyptian consultant in 1995, and forgotten: an oversight, yes, but hardly an appalling scandal.
联合国开发计划署说钱是1995年一位埃及顾问交来的,但却忘了:这是一次疏忽,没错儿,却也绝对是令人震惊的丑闻。
His manners were appalling before he got married, but his wife soon got HIM house-trained.
他以前很没规矩,婚后不久妻子就把他管教好了。
That would be appalling, and that would be the point at which I would hand in my membership.
这是非常可怕的,正是基于这一点,我辞去了我的教会职务。
The dark spaces between the walls rumble with strange and appalling noises.
两墙之间黑洞洞的地方有些轰隆隆和奇怪、吓人的响声。
What struck me most was the script. It was appalling , and I also thought the acting was virulent.
我感触最深的是剧本。它使人感到震惊,我也觉得表演技巧是十分出色的。
That it fell to Jaina to kill Jacen was all the more appalling, but Jaina did her duty as a Jedi Knight.
更令人震惊的是杰娜受命去杀死杰森,好在她最终完成了作为绝地武士的使命。
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