今天我们要学的词是 appalling.

appalling 的意思是令人震惊的，骇人听闻的。

It was appalling that the viewership for Sunday night's 2020 Oscar ceremony collapsed by 20% to hit an all-time low of 23.6 million. 观看星期天晚上播出的2020年奥斯卡颁奖典礼的人数暴跌两成，降至有史以来最低的2,360万，令人惊异。

Republican Senator Mitt Romney was the only lawmaker who broke with his party and voted to convict President Trump for what he called being “guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust” as the Senate acquitted Trump on impeachment charges. 共和党参议员罗姆尼是唯一与自己的党派决裂、投票同意特朗普总统犯下他所称的 “令人震惊的滥用公信罪”的议员，而参议院则宣布受到弹劾指控的特朗普无罪。