unappealing

英 [ˌʌnəˈpiːlɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌnəˈpiːlɪŋ]

adj.  不诱人的; 无魅力的; 令人不快的

现在分词：unappealing　

BNC.41513 / COCA.32344

牛津词典

adj.

• 不诱人的；无魅力的；令人不快的
  not attractive or pleasant
  1. The room was painted in an unappealing shade of brown.
     这屋子漆成了难看的棕色。
  2. The prospect of studying for another five years was distinctly unappealing.
     未来还需要再学五年，真是让人厌烦。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不诱人的；无吸引力的
  If you describe someone or something asunappealing, you find them unpleasant and unattractive.
  1. He's wearing a deeply unappealing baseball hat...
     他戴着一顶很不起眼的棒球帽。
  2. The town is scruffy and unappealing.
     那个城镇脏乱不堪，令人生厌。

英英释义

adj

• not able to attract favorable attention
  1. they have made the place as unappealing as possible
  2. was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess
• (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
  1. all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic
  Synonym:unsympatheticunlikeableunlikable

双语例句

• Nothing is more unappealing than listening to a new date express undying love for their pet.
  没有什么比听新的约会对象表达对宠物永恒的爱更缺乏吸引力。
• Do the hardest or most unappealing tasks first
  首先做最困难或是你最不喜欢的工作
• Be aware of this very unappealing potential.
  得小心这种很不讨人喜欢的可能性。
• I decided to write a book about my experiences of being visually unappealing in Argentina, a country with the most beautiful women in the world.
  我决定写一本书，谈谈在汇集了全球最美丽女性的阿根廷，貌不出众带给我的经历。
• The continuation of the Keynesian option at this stage is therefore unappealing: a further build-up of public-sector debt with little guarantee of job creation or a reliable exit strategy.
  因此，在现阶段继续施行凯恩斯主义政策不是一个有吸引力的选择：那将导致公共部门债务规模进一步增大，同时却无法保证带来就业增长和可靠的退出战略。
• The best information model in the world will sit unused if the repository's interface is confusing, complex, and unappealing.
  如果存储库的界面令人混淆、复杂和没有吸引力，那么即使世界上最好的信息模型也会被闲置不用。
• A third of the women thought they would be more unappealing and the same proportion said entering their fourth decade'filled them with dread '.
  三分之一的受访女性认为自己的魅力会下降，同等比例的受访者称进入人生的第四个十年“让他们觉得恐惧”。
• ISPF green screen user interface is unfamiliar or unappealing to new hires.
  新开发人员不熟悉ISPF绿屏用户界面，或者觉得界面不美观。
• The new scanner can also show damage and imperfections that might make the produce unappealing to shoppers.
  新的扫描仪也能显示产品中可能被购物者嫌弃的破坏及不完美之处。
• Another dreamt her aged and unappealing CEO leant over during a coach trip and started stroking her calf.
  另一位朋友则梦到，在一次乘车旅行中，那位年纪老迈、毫无吸引力的首席执行官弯下身，开始抚摸她的小腿。