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。
• Do the hardest or most unappealing tasks first
  首先做最困难或是你最不喜欢的工作
• Unappealing at this stage, although barrel ageing should improve this.
  口感欠佳，需橡木桶熟化提高酒质。
• The alternatives, after all, are unappealing.
  毕竟，其它的选择没有吸引力。
• Vegetables cooked in water containing excessive iron turn dark and look unappealing.
  炒菜会使蔬菜变暗影响菜色。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。