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

• He was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess.
  他被迫去跟其令人极为不悦的女主人谈话。
• Second, the iron ore pricing market already contains imperfections, making additions unappealing.
  其次，铁矿石定价市场本已存在缺陷，使得额外的问题令人反感。
• 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。
• 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
• Be aware of this very unappealing potential.
  得小心这种很不讨人喜欢的可能性。
• All of those developments would be deeply unappealing.
  所有这些进展都将是我们极不愿意看到的。
• 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。