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单词 unpromising
释义
unpromising
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪŋ/us
/ʌnˈprɑː.mɪ.sɪŋ/
Something that is unpromising does not show anysignsthat it will beenjoyableorsuccessful:
前景不妙的；没希望的
Thecarbrokedown, which was an unpromisingstartto theholiday.汽车坏了，这个假期刚一开始就前景不妙。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not producing a desired result
  • unsuccessfulOur attempts to change the law were unsuccessful.
  • failedThe company went bankrupt pouring money into yet another failed product.
  • badSales have been really bad this quarter.
  • fruitlessAll our pleas that she remain in university were fruitless - she left anyway.
  • unfruitfulThe negotiations were unfruitful.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsuccessful (people and things)
  • abortive
  • achiever
  • be dead in the wateridiom
  • botched
  • counterproductive
  • flatline
  • frustrated
  • futile
  • go/get/head nowhereidiom
  • inauspicious
  • lame duck
  • redemption
  • rope
  • small-time
  • small-timer
  • stillborn
  • struggling
  • vain
  • vainly
  • washed up
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(Definition ofunpromisingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunpromising

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In a sense, the density theorem says that any convergent method must be ultimately exhaustive, though it may delay the detailed exploration ofunpromisingregions.
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Unable to decide one way or another, congressmen hesitated over thisunpromisingsituation.
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Injunctions may seem anunpromisingmodel for the criminal law.
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In theunpromisingpolitical climate of the early 1920s, both groups sought in workers' education a way of promoting social advance.
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However, we are encouraged that identifiable macrofossil material may be found at high palaeolatitude, even inunpromisingtectonic settings.
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This seems a mostunpromisingavenue to explore.
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In some ways, this is anunpromisingsubject.
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In other words, this was a group of people who in the normal educational system would have been viewed as veryunpromisingmaterial indeed.
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This at first looksunpromising, but it is soon apparent that the velocity field due to the image sources themselves does not satisfy (4.14).
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No macrofossils were found and theunpromisinglithology discouraged systematic sampling for microfossils.
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From the very beginning the signs wereunpromising.
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On this occasion, rumours proved to be groundless, but the public reacted promptly tounpromisingevents.
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From thisunpromisingstart, the story apparently went, the young parvenu founded a great people.
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Conversely, advocacy groups may bypass or overlook opportunities in venues that they have dismissed asunpromising.
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Good efficiency is obtained by pruning offunpromisingpaths.
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