unpromising
英 [ʌnˈprɒmɪsɪŋ]
美 [ʌnˈprɑːmɪsɪŋ]
adj. 不乐观的; 难有好结果的
BNC.19090 / COCA.27814
牛津词典
adj.
- 不乐观的;难有好结果的
not likely to be successful or show good results
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 没前途的;没有希望的
If you describe something asunpromising, you think that it is unlikely to be successful or produce anything good in the future.- 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。 - 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。
- In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings...
英英释义
adj
- unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment
- faced an unpromising task
- music for unpromising combinations of instruments
双语例句
- But it is hard to think of a better way to fashion a decent stretch of Conservative government from the unpromising result of this election.
但是,很难想出还有什么更好的办法,能够让保守党从这次希望不大的选举结果中,获取更大的胜算。 - 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。 - From the most unpromising of starts, he ended up with a far more impressive record, at least in electoral terms, than George H W Bush.
从一个暗淡无光的开端,走到无比辉煌的终点,至少就选举纪录来说,他远胜于老布什。 - Is agricultural co-operation promising, or is it unpromising?
农业合作化究竟是有希望,还是没有希望? - Faced an unpromising task; music for unpromising combinations of instruments.
应付一项没有希望的任务;把乐器毫无希望的组合在一起的音乐。 - 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。 - If we open a quarrel these, it was hopeless, so unpromising.
如果我们纠缠这些,那真是没出息,太没出息了。 - The style is unpromising, too.
风格也同样不可指望。 - Huang Ya, a 24-year-old graduate from Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, quit her job because she found it stressful and unpromising.
毕业于浙江越秀外国语学院、24岁的黄亚(音译)选择辞职的原因是工作压力大,前途渺茫。 - His stance on these issues makes him appear an unpromising partner in negotiation;
他在这些问题上的姿态使他成为谈判中顽固不化的对象。