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unpromising

英 [ʌn'prɒmɪsɪŋ] 美[ʌn'prɑmɪsɪŋ]
  • adj. 无前途的,没有希望的

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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.

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You always say that girls grow up definitely unpromising.
您经常说女孩长大肯定没出息.

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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.

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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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