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

• Vegetables cooked in water containing excessive iron turn dark and look unappealing.
  炒菜会使蔬菜变暗影响菜色。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As much as it may be unappealing to many, diving is just apart of the game of soccer.
  虽然很多人对假摔行为嗤之以鼻，但它其实也是足球比赛的一部分。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can economics explain why I'm unappealing as a singleton, but hot property when with a stunning girlfriend?
  经济学能够解释为什么我孤身一人时毫无吸引力，与漂亮女友在一起就惹人注目吗？
• 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”。
• 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。