单词 | unprepossessing |
释义 | unprepossessing From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishunprepossessingun‧pre‧pos‧sess‧ing /ˌʌnpriːpəˈzesɪŋ/ adjective formalATTRACT#not very attractive or noticeable Despite his unprepossessing appearance, he was very popular with women.Examples from the Corpusunprepossessing• 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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