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

• Foreigners can buy debt issued domestically, but artificially low yields and the risk of another default make that unappealing.
  外购人可以买本国发行的债券，但是认为的降低受益和其他默认风险，这使其缺乏吸引力。
• 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。
• A description of audience behavior that implies viewers are unlikely to change channels unless Provoked by very unappealing programming.
  形容受众行为。指除非看到很厌恶的节目，观众一般不会更换频道。
• Vegetables cooked in water containing excessive iron turn dark and look unappealing.
  炒菜会使蔬菜变暗影响菜色。
• 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 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
• 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”。
• Perhaps being a superwoman is an impossible dream for me, but life without that kind of fantasy is as unappealing as a diet with no treats.
  成为一名女强人对我来说或许只能是一个难以实现的梦，但如果没有这种梦想，生活就会变得平淡无奇，就如同饮食中缺了美味佳肴一般。
• The alternatives, after all, are unappealing.
  毕竟，其它的选择没有吸引力。