appal

• This is absolutely the most appalling situation i've ever encountered .
  这是我一生头一次遇到的可怕的情况。
• I propose to draw a veil over the appalling events that followed .
  我建议不要谈及后来发生的那些骇人听闻的事。
• Many critics within and without government are appalled by this relationship .
  政府内外的许多批评家，都对这种关系感到惊诧。
• It still refused to face up to the appalling consequences of philby's being a spy .
  它仍然拒绝正视菲尔比是间谍这件事的可怕后果。
• Her brother, who loved her tenderly, was appalled at this fantastic preference .
  她的哥哥深深地爱着她，对于这荒涎的爱情惊骇万分。
• They reacted to the appalling weather with typical british stoicism .
  他们忍受着恶劣天气的煎熬，表现了英国人典型的坚忍不拔的精神。
• 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。
• The tutor, appalled by the indiscretion, reported him to gchq, and he was sacked .
  导师对此种轻率行为大吃一惊，向英国通信总部检举了他，于是他被开除了。
• I do not know why she is marrying that appalling man ; i would not touch him with a barge-pole .
  我不明白她为什么要嫁给那个糟糕透顶的人，我连理都不愿意理他。