词汇 | unprepossessing |
释义 | unprepossessingun·pre·pos·sess·ing /ˌʌnpriːpəˈzesɪŋ/ adjectiveadj formal ATTRACT#not very attractive or noticeable 不吸引人的,不引人注意的 Despite his unprepossessing appearance, he was very popular with women. 他虽然其貌不扬,但很有女人缘。 Examples from the Corpus unprepossessing• In appearance he was singularly unprepossessing.• To top this unprepossessing appearance was a thin, scrawny neck which seemed only just to support the weight of his head.• Jim's is an unprepossessing corner cafe-shabby furniture, steamy windows, pine tongue-and-groove walls.• The door was swung open by an unprepossessing man of middle stature, creamy-faced, and merry-eyed.• The ferry was the most unprepossessing sea vessel I've ever seen.• The book contains 58 photographs of this unprepossessing site.• His writing-room on the first floor contains an unprepossessing table and a sideboard, on which sit his word-processor and printer.• When first surveyed, a few years ago, it had rendered outer walls and unprepossessing windows. |
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