unprepossessing

英 [,ʌnpriːpə'zesɪŋ] 美
  • adj. 不吸引人的;不讨人喜欢的
GRE
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unprepossessing (adj.)
1816, from un- (1) "not" + prepossessing (adj.).
1. Though unprepossessing to look at, he is highly intelligent.
他虽然相貌平平,但却很有才气。

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2. He was forty - five years of age, of medium height, fairly thick - set, not at all unprepossessing.
他已经45岁, 中等身材, 矮矮胖胖的, 不完全是胸无城府的.

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3. Thought unprepossessing to look at, he is a man of immense erudition.
虽然面貌令人没好感, 但他是一个宽大博学的人.

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4. We eventually located the cottage - tucked away behind an unprepossessing row of shops.
我们终于找到了那座小屋 — 它隐藏在一排不引人注目的店铺后面.

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5. Fairfax pretends that the maniacal noise was made by Grace Poole, a rather dumpy, unprepossessing servant.
但菲尔费克斯太太佯称这狂笑声是格雷斯普尔发出的, 她是一个相当矮胖, 不讨人喜欢的仆人.

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