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。

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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。

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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。

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But in a symbolic protest of what the State Department Wednesday termed Iran's appalling and deplorable treatment of election protestors, it is withdrawing invitations for Iranian diplomats to attend traditional U.S.embassy Fourth of July parties.

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But it would be a truly appalling thing if the psychology of coincidence played a part in a re-run of the Wall Street Crash, the most terrible market disaster in history.

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This will be little comfort to Mr Mitchell or his party since it allows Labour and other critics to point out that either a senior minister used appalling and offensive language to a police officer or he is saying that one of those tasked with protecting the prime minister is lying.

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For most companies even the most appalling scandal represents a presumptive business threat.

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