To appal someone is to make them feel very shocked and upset — not a small surprise, but a moral or emotional jolt, often with a taste of disgust. “I was appalled” is the shape you will hear most; the plain present (this appals me) is a little less common. It is fairly strong and fairly standard: news, school essays, and serious talk all use it.

To appal someone讓某人 appal，是to make them feel very shocked and upset讓他們感到非常震驚、難受——not a small surprise不是小小的驚訝，but a moral or emotional jolt而是道德上或情緒上的重擊，often with a taste of disgust常常還帶點厭恶感。"I was appalled""I was appalled" is the shape you will hear most是你最常hear（聽到）的shape（形式）；the plain present (this appals me)一般現在式（this appals me）is a little less common比較少見。It is它fairly strong and fairly standard算是满強烈、也满標準的用詞：news新聞、school essays學校作文、and serious talk還有正經的談話 all use it都會use（用）它。

This is the British spelling; American English usually writes appall, with two l’s.

This is這是the British spelling英式拼法；American English美式英文usually writes appall通常拼成appall，with two l's兩個l。

Though actually, people sometimes weaken it in casual talk (“I was appalled by the queue”) when they only mean annoyed — careful speakers still keep it for things that really should shock you.

Though actually不過事實上，people sometimes weaken it in casual talk人們在輕鬆的對話裡有時會把語氣減弱（"I was appalled by the queue""I was appalled by the queue"（排隊排到讓我很傻眼））when they only mean annoyed其實只是想表達不耐煩——careful speakers細心的說話者still keep it for things that really should shock you還是會把它留給真正該讓人震驚的事情用。