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

• 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”。
• 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。
• He's wearing a deeply unappealing baseball hat
  他戴着一顶很不起眼的棒球帽。
• 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。
• Unappealing at this stage, although barrel ageing should improve this.
  口感欠佳，需橡木桶熟化提高酒质。
• 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。
• A healthy diet doesn't have to mean eating foods that are bland or unappealing.
  健康的饮食不意味着不得不吃清淡乏味的食物。
• ISPF green screen user interface is unfamiliar or unappealing to new hires.
  新开发人员不熟悉ISPF绿屏用户界面，或者觉得界面不美观。
• So we have to make you seem unappealing to her.
  那我们一定要让你对她没吸引力。
• 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。