Appalling

(noun.) an experience that appalls; 'is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?'.

(adj.) causing consternation; 'appalling conditions' .

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• There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The lady abbess no sooner heard this appalling cry, than she retreated to her own bedroom, double-locked the door, and fainted away comfortably. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• What an appalling beau-costume he wears! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The death-rate was appalling and the labor conditions terrible. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Here are the appalling consequences. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• What the methodically-minded do not see is that the sterility of a routine is far more appalling. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Who has laid such an appalling embargo on you? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• And of our misuse of the Rockefellers and Carnegies--the retrospect is appalling. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The dreadful condition to which he was brought, was so appalling to both of us, that we could not refer to it in plainer words. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He confessed his scampishness himself with the most appalling cynicism. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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