unpromising
英 [ʌn'prɒmɪsɪŋ]
美[ʌn'prɑmɪsɪŋ]
- adj. 无前途的,没有希望的
英英释意
- 1. appearing to be unlikely to result favorably or be enjoyable;
- "faced an unpromising task"
- "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"
英文词源
- unpromising (adj.)
- 1660s, from un- (1) "not" + promising (adj.).
实用场景例句
- In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings...
- 事实上,他的经商生涯从初期就明显前景暗淡。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Their land looked so unpromising that the colonists eventually gave most of it back.
- 他们的土地看上去日后没什么用途,所以殖民者最终把大部分都归还给了他们。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It also diverts computational cycles away from unpromising areas.
- 它还把计算周期从没有希望的区转移出来.
期刊摘选
- India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or NREGA, seemed unpromising from its inception.
- 印度的《全国农村就业保障法》(NREGA)一开始显得毫无希望.
期刊摘选
- You always say that girls grow up definitely unpromising.
- 您经常说女孩长大肯定没出息.
期刊摘选
- Among these were a few dark brown beans that looked like almonds and seemed unpromising.
- 其中有一些类似杏仁,看似不起眼的咖啡色豆子.
期刊摘选
- Only a congenial outsider would remain with so unpromising a figure.
- 只有志同道合的圈外人才会同这样一个没有前途的人呆在一起.
辞典例句
- Tintin was born in this unpromising environment, in a weekly children's supplement , Le Petit Vingtieme.
- 丁丁就是在这种毫无希望的环境中诞生的, 最初刊载于二十世纪报的每周儿童副刊上.
期刊摘选
- Sydney Carton , idlest and most unpromising of men, was Stryver's great ally.
- 西得尼·卡尔登,最懒散和最无望的人, 是史曲勒孚的大盟友.
辞典例句
- And so, after its unpromising beginning, this ends as a rather beautiful book — about Africans.
- 就这样, 即便开头不被看好, 但终究本书不失为写非洲人的佳作.
期刊摘选
- I'm just not satisfied with his unpromising manner.
- 我就看不上他那个没出息的样子!
期刊摘选
- Avoid: Regret to loiter, bewilder to busy unpromising.
- 自我避免: 因虚度年华而悔恨, 因碌碌无为而迷茫!
期刊摘选
- In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings.
- 事实上,他的经商生涯从初期就明显前景暗淡。
辞典例句
- Their land looked so unpromising that the colonists eventually gave most of it back.
- 他们的土地看上去日后没什么用途,所以殖民者最终把大部分都归还给了他们。
柯林斯例句
- It is a tribute to Mr Chandler's skill that he has fashioned a fascinating book out of such unpromising material.
- 钱德勒先生竟然以如此不被看好的素材写出了一本引人入胜的书,这充分证明了他的写作技巧。
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