shock‧ing S3 / ʃɒkɪŋ $ ʃɑk- / 形容词

1 very surprising, upsetting, and difficult to believe :

the shocking news that Mark had hanged himself

a shocking discovery

The anger in his face was shocking.

2 morally wrong :

It’s shocking that hospitals can deny help to older people.

a shocking waste of money

3 British English informal very bad 同义词 terrible :

The path was in a shocking state .

I’ve got a shocking cold.

— shockingly 副词 → shock 2