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单词 prepossessing
释义
prepossessing
adjective
uk
/ˌpriː.pəˈzes.ɪŋ/us
/ˌpriː.pəˈzes.ɪŋ/
interesting,attractive, orimpressive:
给人好感的；打动人的；有吸引力的
He wasn't a very prepossessingsortofperson.他不是那种很能给人以好感的人。
Theboxdidn'tlookvery prepossessing, but thenecklaceinside wasbeautiful.那个盒子看起来不大吸引人，但里面的项链很漂亮。
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(Definition ofprepossessingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprepossessing

prepossessing
This conclusion is notprepossessing.
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I hope it is a moreprepossessingchild than the one we have before us today.
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It was a not veryprepossessingsmall, square, concrete building but the people were proud of it.
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Perhaps he is a small fat man who wears glasses and does not look tooprepossessing.
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I was born and bred in this city, and, as has already been said, it is a city which at the moment is far from having aprepossessingappearance.
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He consented to take it, and the lady, who was of veryprepossessingappearance, got her decree nisi in a matter of four or five minutes.
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Blacket was aprepossessingyoung man, handsome, well-mannered, elegantly dressed and with 600 in capital.
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Although the classical exterior of the church is notprepossessing, the interior is widely admired.
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A more attractive andprepossessingdetective would be hard to find.
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The singer suggests she is soprepossessingthat images of her incite fisticuffs among the internees.
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Critics praised these compressed poems of great texture and inventiveness, asprepossessingand formidable, hardwon and solid.
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