unpromising

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ʌnˈprɒm.ɪ.sɪŋ]
• 美式音标 [ʌnˈprɑː.mɪ.sɪŋ]
• 国际音标 [,ʌn'prɔmisiŋ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.没有希望的(结果未必良好的)

词根记忆

• un(无) + promising(有前途的)→无前途的

同根派生

英汉例句

• 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。
• Sydney Carton , idlest and most unpromising of men, was Stryver's great ally.
  西得尼·卡尔登,最懒散和最无望的人, 是史曲勒孚的大盟友.
• You always say that girls grow up definitely unpromising.
  您经常说女孩长大肯定没出息.
• 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。
• 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。

词组短语

短语

• unpromising beginning 毫无希望的开端
• and seemed most unpromising 无指望的

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• Something that is unpromising does not show any signs that it will be enjoyable or successful.

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe something as unpromising, you think that it is unlikely to be successful or produce anything good in the future.