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单词 appealing
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Definition of appealing in English:

appealing

adjectiveəˈpiːlɪŋəˈpilɪŋ
  • 1Attractive or interesting.

    village life is somehow more appealing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Every candidate has one and it should be worked on and refined so it can be told in an interesting and appealing way.
    • All in all, this is a very attractive monitor with an appealing display.
    • ‘I found younger men more appealing than older men,’ she says.
    • His kindness, his gentleness and his intelligence, which she had foolishly deplored as somehow unromantic, now suddenly seemed very appealing and attractive.
    • What it is exactly that I'm supposed to find appealing or interesting in people who end up wading knee deep in gore I simply don't understand.
    • How attractive and appealing is the other clothing in the store?
    • While it lacks the mock seriousness of the film that spawned it, it more than compensates with some preposterously appealing action sequences.
    • Low, built-in shelving provides appealing wall storage for young children's toys.
    • ‘Many found reason less appealing than enchantment,’ she writes.
    • Keepers of forest are also very appealing and attractive to the eye, and can show a deep friendship if you befriend them.
    • His mane has grown long and shaggy, visually appealing and attractive, and he asked for a silver and diamond stud instead of a dangler for his translator.
    • At one point, when we had the camera out, she decided to take centre stage, and posed beautifully, one appealing stance after another, for a full five minutes or more.
    • Finally, we select visually appealing and interesting weapons as we also want our weapons to have interesting silhouettes and to stand out from other games.
    • Just like good picture quality makes a film look better, an appealing body and good looks adds to the credit of an actor.
    • There are two major bonus features on this DVD, each one far more interesting and appealing than the movie itself.
    • Hopefully more people will use the route for exercise and it can also be marketed as an appealing attraction from a tourist point of view.
    • The dishes above are already designed to have appealing colors for beautiful presentation, so just put them together.
    • There's no garden feature quite so appealing and attractive to an idle peasant as a seat under a tree.
    • He had to admit, it was a pretty appealing daydream.
    • A publicist is to the arts what the man with the bucket and scoop is to a circus; an attempt to make things look fresh, appealing and attractive.
    Synonyms
    attractive, engaging, alluring, enchanting, captivating, bewitching, fascinating, winning, winsome, likeable, lovable, charming, delightful
    beautiful, pretty, good-looking, prepossessing, striking, fetching, delectable, desirable
    irresistible
    Scottish &amp Northern English bonny
    British informal tasty
    dated taking
    inviting, attractive, tempting, appetizing, enticing, seductive
    agreeable, to one's liking, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable
    interesting, intriguing, irresistible
    informal juicy, sexy
  • 2Showing or expressing a desire for help or sympathy.

    an appealing look
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The women, with tears and appealing gestures, crowded around the officer, begging him to spare their sons and husbands; the men stood silent, with bloodless faces and dumb imploring eyes.
    • He now has recorded all three of the symphonies, and he is sympathetic to their appealing late Romantic gush.
    • The chauffeur made wild, appealing gestures of his innocence, evidently to no avail, for when he turned around and climbed back into the driver's seat his expression was not a little dejected.
    • Taking the lead are small landowners or Western farmers who make appealing pleas to be left alone to enjoy their property and take care of it conscientiously.

Derivatives

  • appealingly

  • adverbəˈpiːlɪŋli
    • And all reports were that she was friendly for the defense - she looked at over at him appealingly - but she's also in a lawsuit with him.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Of the works that take a discernible stand - many are appealingly vague - 95% are anti-war, and most are frankly rather glib and trite in this expression.
      • Afternoons were for lazy excursions into the backwaters, on horseback if the fancy took you, where mustachioed men are men and ride gaucho style, or less appealingly carry squealing pigs to market strapped across their bicycles.
      • This ‘Posh’ beer is also apparently kept in a bottle that's very appealingly shaped, though made from entirely artificial ingredients.
      • The waiters (to a man debonair and charming) overfill the glasses and it is a somewhat acquired taste - like sucking raw damsons - but once you get over the astringency, it is appealingly cheap.

Rhymes

ceiling, Darjeeling, dealing, feeling, Keeling, peeling, revealing, self-sealing, shieling, wheeler-dealing, wheeling
 
 

Definition of appealing in US English:

appealing

adjectiveəˈpilɪŋəˈpēliNG
  • 1Attractive or interesting.

    the rural life is somehow more appealing
    an appealing young woman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just like good picture quality makes a film look better, an appealing body and good looks adds to the credit of an actor.
    • All in all, this is a very attractive monitor with an appealing display.
    • Hopefully more people will use the route for exercise and it can also be marketed as an appealing attraction from a tourist point of view.
    • A publicist is to the arts what the man with the bucket and scoop is to a circus; an attempt to make things look fresh, appealing and attractive.
    • His kindness, his gentleness and his intelligence, which she had foolishly deplored as somehow unromantic, now suddenly seemed very appealing and attractive.
    • Finally, we select visually appealing and interesting weapons as we also want our weapons to have interesting silhouettes and to stand out from other games.
    • ‘I found younger men more appealing than older men,’ she says.
    • The dishes above are already designed to have appealing colors for beautiful presentation, so just put them together.
    • Every candidate has one and it should be worked on and refined so it can be told in an interesting and appealing way.
    • He had to admit, it was a pretty appealing daydream.
    • What it is exactly that I'm supposed to find appealing or interesting in people who end up wading knee deep in gore I simply don't understand.
    • While it lacks the mock seriousness of the film that spawned it, it more than compensates with some preposterously appealing action sequences.
    • There's no garden feature quite so appealing and attractive to an idle peasant as a seat under a tree.
    • Keepers of forest are also very appealing and attractive to the eye, and can show a deep friendship if you befriend them.
    • His mane has grown long and shaggy, visually appealing and attractive, and he asked for a silver and diamond stud instead of a dangler for his translator.
    • At one point, when we had the camera out, she decided to take centre stage, and posed beautifully, one appealing stance after another, for a full five minutes or more.
    • ‘Many found reason less appealing than enchantment,’ she writes.
    • How attractive and appealing is the other clothing in the store?
    • Low, built-in shelving provides appealing wall storage for young children's toys.
    • There are two major bonus features on this DVD, each one far more interesting and appealing than the movie itself.
    Synonyms
    attractive, engaging, alluring, enchanting, captivating, bewitching, fascinating, winning, winsome, likeable, lovable, charming, delightful
    inviting, attractive, tempting, appetizing, enticing, seductive
  • 2(of an expression or tone of voice) showing that one wants help or sympathy.

    an appealing look
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Taking the lead are small landowners or Western farmers who make appealing pleas to be left alone to enjoy their property and take care of it conscientiously.
    • The women, with tears and appealing gestures, crowded around the officer, begging him to spare their sons and husbands; the men stood silent, with bloodless faces and dumb imploring eyes.
    • The chauffeur made wild, appealing gestures of his innocence, evidently to no avail, for when he turned around and climbed back into the driver's seat his expression was not a little dejected.
    • He now has recorded all three of the symphonies, and he is sympathetic to their appealing late Romantic gush.
 
 
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