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

• The town is scruffy and unappealing.
  那个城镇脏乱不堪，令人生厌。
• 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。
• 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。
• Unappealing, even to the most deviant of men.
  甚至无法吸引最变态的人。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• Be aware of this very unappealing potential.
  得小心这种很不讨人喜欢的可能性。
• The best information model in the world will sit unused if the repository's interface is confusing, complex, and unappealing.
  如果存储库的界面令人混淆、复杂和没有吸引力，那么即使世界上最好的信息模型也会被闲置不用。