prepossessing

英 [ˌpriːpəˈzesɪŋ]

美 [ˌpriːpəˈzesɪŋ]

adj.  外表吸引人的; 妩媚的; 漂亮的

现在分词：prepossessing　

GRE

BNC.46357 / COCA.45014

牛津词典

adj.

• 外表吸引人的；妩媚的；漂亮的
  attractive in appearance
  1. He was not a prepossessing sight.
     他长相不怎么样。

英英释义

adj

• creating a favorable impression
  1. strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance

双语例句

• Thus, unpleasant home remedies were my earliest experiences of healthcare, and I cannot say that they were exactly prepossessing.
  因而讨厌的家庭治疗就变成我的最早的家庭保健卫生的体验。
• A prepossessing performer with a beautiful baritone, Murray is tall, blond and Midwestern-looking.
  一个很吸引人的表演者和一个漂亮的男中音，莫利高大、金发碧眼，有着中西部人的外貌。
• Dombey was rather bald, rather red, and though a handsome well-made man, too stern and pompous in appearance, to be prepossessing.
  董贝的头稍稍有些秃，脸色稍稍有些红；虽然他是一位外貌漂亮、身材匀称的男子，可是神色过分严厉与傲慢，因此不能使人产生好感。
• Firstly, the image of the interference fringes need prepossessing which is including noise reduction and edge extraction.
  对采集到的干涉条纹图像，首先进行包括噪声消除和边缘提取在内的预处理。
• Excerpts from Dead and GoneDigby didn't look a very prepossessing character, Thanet thought as they drew nearer.
  迪格比不像是一个很有魅力的人，当他们走到近前时，塔内特想着。
• Yet I find myself inclined to hire the person who looks more prepossessing-which is unfair as the plain one surely needs a break.
  不过我发现自己倾向于聘用那个看起来更讨人喜欢的家伙这有失公平，因为长相难看的人肯定也需要机会。
• The appearance of Frank Cowperwood at this time was, to say the least, prepossessing and satisfactory.
  法兰克柯帕乌这个时候的相貌，至少是讨人欢喜，令人满意的。
• Growing up physically small in the shadow of the prepossessing Kim Il-sung can hardly have been easy.
  身材矮小的他从小生活在世人瞩目的金日成的阴影下，不可能是一件易事。
• Why should such a promising being as this have hidden his prepossessing exterior by adopting that singular occupation?
  为什么象他这么一个有出息的人，却会把这么一副好看的外表，埋没在这么一种奇怪的职业里呢？
• He/ His appearance is not at all prepossessing.
  他[他的外表]毫无吸引力。