The prisoners were living in appalling conditions.
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
The bus service is appalling now.
现在公共汽车服务很差。
1.骇人的,可惊的
2.〈口〉(愚笨等)过分的
1.very unpleasant and shocking; very bad or disappointing
1.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。
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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。
6.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。
7.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。
8.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。
9.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。
10.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。