動(dòng)詞 appall:

1. strike with disgust or revulsion
   同義詞：shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, outrage
2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
   同義詞：dismay, alarm, appal, horrify

1. The sight appalled me.
   那景象使我心驚膽戰(zhàn)。
2. The newspaper reports of starving children appalled me.
   報(bào)紙對(duì)饑餓兒童的報(bào)道使我大為震驚。
3. We were appalled when we heard that the chairman had been murdered.
   聽(tīng)說(shuō)主席被謀殺，我們都嚇壞了。
4. The prospect of another war appalled us.
   想到有可能發(fā)生另一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，我們不寒而栗。

ap.pall

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
ap.palled,ap.pall.ing,ap.palls
To fill with consternation or dismay.See Synonyms at dismay
使驚恐，使驚駭參見(jiàn) dismay

來(lái)源：
Middle English apallen [to grow faint]
中古英語(yǔ) apallen [變昏厥]
from Old French apalir
源自 古法語(yǔ) apalir
a- [to] from Latin ad- * see ad-
a- [去] 源自 拉丁語(yǔ) ad- *參見(jiàn) ad-
palir [to grow pale] from pale [pale] from Latin pallidus from pallôre [to grow pale] * see pel-
palir [變蒼白] 源自 pale [蒼白] 源自 拉丁語(yǔ) pallidus 源自 pallôre [變蒼白] *參見(jiàn) pel-