prepossessing
英 [pri?p?'zes??]
美[,prip?'z?s??]
- adj. 給人好感的；有魅力的；引人注意的
- v. 預先影響；使先具有（prepossess的現在分詞）
GRE
中文詞源
prepossessing 嫵媚的，漂亮的
pre-,在前，早于，預先，possessing,占有，占據。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- prepossessing (adj.)
- 1640s, "causing prejudice," present participle adjective from prepossess. Opposite meaning "causing agreeable first impression" first recorded 1805.
雙語例句
- 1. He was not a prepossessing sight.
- 他長相不怎么樣。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Clean clothes and good manners are prepossessing.
- 清潔的衣服和良好的舉止能給人以好感.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. He / His appearance is not at all prepossessing.
- 他[他的外表]毫無吸引力.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The appearance of Frank Cowperwood at this time was, to say the least, prepossessing and satisfactory.
- 法蘭克·柯帕烏這個時候的相貌, 至少是討人歡喜,令人滿意的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A prepossessing performer with a beautiful baritone, Murray is tall, blond and Midwestern - looking.
- 一個很吸引人的表演者和一個漂亮的男中音, 莫利高大 、 金發碧眼,有著中西部人的外貌.
來自互聯網