It's too appalling for words.

这真是骇人听闻，难以言表。

讲解

Appalling，意思就是“令人震惊的，极为恶劣的”，shocking, extremely bad. 比如说：有些人的居住环境极为恶劣，就可以说 live in appalling conditions. 骇人听闻的犯罪，appalling crimes，骇人听闻的行为 appalling behaviors，令人发指的现实 appalling reality，震惊到难以言表，It's too appalling for words.

发音

appalling 这个单词要注意读音，第一个字母 a，发的元音是 /ə/，弱读，第二个元音字母 a，发的是 /ɔː/，单词就是 appalling/ə'pɔːlɪŋ/，appalling for words.

重点拓展

下面这些单词都有“使人震惊、惊愕”的含义，我们来学习一下吧：

shock震惊，惊愕；使震惊，使气愤，使厌恶

• I got a terrible shock the other day.

  前两天，可把我吓坏了。

  
  

• We were all shocked at the news of his death.

  听到他的死讯，我们都感到震惊。

  
  

horrify惊吓，使厌恶，恐吓

• The whole country was horrified by the killings.

  全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。

  
  

• It horrified her to think that he had killed someone.

  一想到他杀过人，她就感到毛骨悚然。

  
  

appal使大为震惊，使惊骇

• The idea of sharing a room appalled her.

  合住一个房间的想法使她惊骇。

  
  

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public.

  罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。