shocking
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ You can say that something is shocking if you think that it is very bad. 極壞的[非正式]
The media coverage was shocking. 媒體的報道糟透了。
2. shockinglyADV 極壞地[ADV adj/adv]
His memory was becoming shockingly bad. 他的記憶力正變得很糟。
3. ADJ You can say that something is shocking if you think that it is morally wrong. 令人震驚的; 令人憤慨的
It is shocking that nothing was said. 令人震驚的是，什么都沒說。
4. shockinglyADV 令人震驚地; 令人憤慨地
Shockingly, this useless and dangerous surgery did not end until the 1930s. 令人震驚地，這種毫無作用又危險的外科手術(shù)直到20世紀(jì)30年代才結(jié)束。
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劍橋詞典
- The city's most shocking statistic is its high infant mortality rate .
- He gave a very vivid and often shocking account of his time in prison .
- The motive for this shocking attack seems to be racial hatred .
- There were some very shocking pictures of the fighting on the news last night .
- The whole country has been outraged by this most shocking of crimes.
shocking adjective (OFFENSIVE)
offensive , upsetting , or immoral令人厭惡的；令人難過的；不道德的
The sex scenes in the book were considered very shocking at the time when it was published . 這本書里面的性愛場面描寫在當(dāng)初出版時被認(rèn)為是不堪入目的。
There are few crimes more truly shocking than the murder or abuse of children . 沒有什么犯罪比謀殺或虐待兒童更駭人聽聞了。
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shocking adjective (VERY BAD)
mainly UK informalextremely bad or unpleasant , or of very low quality
極糟的，極令人厭惡的；質(zhì)量低劣的
What shocking weather ! 天氣可真糟糕！
My memory is shocking. 我的記性極差。
shocking adjective (SURPRISING)
extremely surprising
令人震驚的，令人極為驚訝的
The news came as a shocking blow . 這一消息令人震驚，對人打擊不小。 返回 shocking