horrifying

英 [ˈhɒrɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈhɔːrɪfaɪɪŋ]

adj.  令人极其震惊的(或厌恶的、恐惧的)
v.  惊吓; 使厌恶; 恐吓
horrify的现在分词

现在分词：horrifying　

Collins.1 / BNC.14355 / COCA.11437

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人极其震惊的（或厌恶的、恐惧的）
  making you feel extremely shocked, disgusted or frightened
  1. a horrifying sight/experience/story
     恐怖的景象 / 经历 / 故事
  2. It's horrifying to see such poverty.
     看到这种贫困状况令人震惊。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使感到震惊;使毛骨悚然;使产生反感
  If someoneis horrified, they feel shocked or disgusted, usually because of something that they have seen or heard.
  1. His family were horrified by the change.
     他的家人对这一变化感到震惊。
  2. ...a crime trend that will horrify all parents.
     会让所有父母感到毛骨悚然的犯罪趋势

双语例句

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was.
  他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• Don't let the children see such horrifying scenes.
  别让孩子们看这类吓人的场面。
• Must have been horrifying for such a young boy.
  对于一个孩子来说太可怕了。
• He backed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes.
  他举出几件骇人的轶闻来证实这一点。
• I've done this in the past and it's always revealing and occasionally a bit horrifying!
  我已经做到了这一点，而且我发现它的好处明显只是偶然觉得结果有点可怕！
• He is also a survivor of the horrifying battles in New Guinea during WWII.
  他也是二战中恐怖的新几内亚岛战役之幸存者。
• The horrifying reality menacingly produce a feeling that the milieu is so bleak, plunging me into endless loneliness.
  可怕的现实使我产生了一种威胁的感觉，氛围是如此黯淡，致使我感到无尽的孤独。
• It's justified to send the murderer into the gas chamber considering his horrifying crimes.
  考虑到那个杀人犯的恶行，他被送进毒气室是罪有应得。
• He followed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes from his own past. I was shocked to learn my co-worker was involved in a shakedown.
  他接下去讲了几件有关自己过去的令人震惊的轶事。得知我的合作人卷入了一起敲诈事件时，我惊呆了。
• It is horrifying to think that students graduate without a thorough understanding of the subject matter.
  想到学生对主题没有透彻地理解就毕业了是令人震惊的。