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

• He's wearing a deeply unappealing baseball hat
  他戴着一顶很不起眼的棒球帽。
• Unappealing at this stage, although barrel ageing should improve this.
  口感欠佳，需橡木桶熟化提高酒质。
• Vegetables cooked in water containing excessive iron turn dark and look unappealing.
  炒菜会使蔬菜变暗影响菜色。
• 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。
• 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。
• The alternatives, after all, are unappealing.
  毕竟，其它的选择没有吸引力。
• 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。
• 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”。