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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Unappealing at this stage, although barrel ageing should improve this.
  口感欠佳，需橡木桶熟化提高酒质。
• Do the hardest or most unappealing tasks first
  首先做最困难或是你最不喜欢的工作
• There was an unappealing film of slime on top of the pond.
  池塘表面有一层黏腻腻的污泥。
• Be aware of this very unappealing potential.
  得小心这种很不讨人喜欢的可能性。
• According to the mere-exposure effect, when your slight facial asymmetries are left unflipped by the camera, you see an unappealing, alien version of yourself.
  根据曝光效应的影响，当你轻微的不对称的面部表情被镜头抓拍到后，你会看到一个毫无吸引力、犹如外星人一般的自己。
• 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。