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

• 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 town is scruffy and unappealing.
  那个城镇脏乱不堪，令人生厌。
• Do the hardest or most unappealing tasks first
  首先做最困难或是你最不喜欢的工作
• Though the change is worthwhile, the immediate results look unappealing except to the top iron ore miners.
  虽然这个变革是值得的，但眼下的结果看上去不具吸引力除非是对铁矿石开采巨擘而言。
• 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。
• Unappealing, even to the most deviant of men.
  甚至无法吸引最变态的人。
• They have made the place as unappealing as possible; was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess.
  他们尽量让这个地方不吸引人注意；被迫与他那很是不吸引人的女房东交谈。
• Vegetables cooked in water containing excessive iron turn dark and look unappealing.
  炒菜会使蔬菜变暗影响菜色。
• 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 alternatives, after all, are unappealing.
  毕竟，其它的选择没有吸引力。