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。
Back in Guangzhou I meet a man who is happy to talk, and over three hours pours out his appalling story.
回到广州,我遇到了一位乐意谈论这些的人。他侃侃而谈了3个小时,倾吐了他那令人震惊的故事。
On one thing, everyone agrees: the consequences of a big earthquake would be appalling.
大家都认可的一点是:大地震带来的后果将是十分可怕的。
At other times, she strains too much for effect: is a hole in an otherwise perfect leaf really Delany's expression of horror at her first, appalling marriage?
其他一些时候,为了营造气氛她滥用了这种技巧:除了有个洞,那片叶子堪称完美,那洞是不是德拉尼对自己第一次可怕婚姻的恐惧之写照呢?
Whether the village of Xinglong will join the list cannot be confirmed without a full study. But rising cancer rates and appalling pollution levels leave locals in little doubt.
兴隆村是否也会列入其中还有待全面考察,但是面对不断升高的癌症发病率和令人震惊的人口水平,当地居民对此取信无疑。
Working conditions in factories at the time were appalling—children aged five or six would work up to 15 hours a day.
那时候工厂里的工作环境十分恶劣——五六岁的孩子每天要工作长达15个小时。
Such expansion created a nasty urban environment in which living conditions were appalling.
这样的人口扩张使得城市环境肮脏不堪,居住条件极为恶劣。
The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of the building.
可怕的爆炸引起了一场大火,并造成这幢大楼部分倒塌。
The thought is rather appalling, but Mr Trillin makes it work for him: “You can say what you want to about my Uncle Benny, but he never made his living as a money lender.”
这种想法非常令人震惊。但是特里林成功的为他开脱:你可以随便我评论我叔叔本尼,但是他从未以放贷人为生。
I don't know why she's marrying that appalling man;I wouldn't touch him with a barge-pole.
我不明白她为什麽要嫁给那个糟糕透顶的人, 我连理都不愿意理他.
not all readers are ready for a glimpse at the appalling hubris and harrowing self-doubt that beset most writers.
并非所有的读者都做好了准备窥探作家的内心——他们大部分惊世骇俗地自大同时伤心欲绝地自卑。
Earlier this week, Robert Francis QC opened a public inquiry into the NHS's failure to spot and stop what he called "appalling care" at the hospital between January 2005 and March 2009.
这周早些时间,罗伯特.弗朗西斯质检主管告诉了调查组NHS没能及时认出和制止医院在2005年1月到2009年3月期间进行的他所说的“可怕的医护方式”的过失。
A crowd of confounded bystanders stared at the appalling wreckage.
一群困惑的旁观者瞪视着可怕的残骸。
We all feel really, in our hearts, the appalling cruelty of exploitation, if we have given a single moment's thought to it.
哪怕我们只是短暂地考虑一下这个问题,我们都能从内心里真实地感受到剥削那骇人的残酷。
It was an appalling misunderstanding, but it did generate a masterpiece.
这个骇人的误会导致了一件杰作的诞生。
Mr. Cameron called the killing "appalling, " saying there are strong indications it was a terrorist incident.
卡梅伦称这一事件“令人震惊”,他说有足够的迹象显示这是一起恐怖攻击行动。
There was a frightful confusion'; and an appalling noise.
可怕的混乱和骇人听闻的呐喊。
There is no reason why such appalling behavior cannot be deemed a severe violation of the right of life, "one netizen reasoned."
没有理由这一可怕的行为不被视为对生命权的一种严重侵犯。”一位网友推断说。
Now, Wang has found numerous garbage landfills around Beijing and has clearly marked them on a map, enabling everyone to witness the appalling garbage belt around the capital city.
王久良找到北京周边一个又一个的垃圾场,他把这些垃圾场的确切地点在地图上一一标注,令人震惊的“垃圾围城”赫然在目。
They were highly unhygienic places, people lived in 36 appalling conditions, but there was a social life here, and these were people's homes.
这些地方过去非常不卫生,人们的生活条件很恶劣,但这里也有社会生活,这里也是人们的家园。
They were highly unhygienic places, people lived in 36 appalling conditions, but there was a social life here, and these were people's homes.
这些地方过去非常不卫生,人们的生活条件很恶劣,但这里也有社会生活,这里也是人们的家园。
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